Symposium: Contemporary issues in a land of climatic extremes

In the middle of the Eurasian continent, the Mongolian Plateau is subject to climatic fluctuations, including the phenomenon of extreme weather events in winter (dzud), or heat and drought in summer (gan), with heightened levels of extremity in recent years due to the impacts of a changing climate.

On this second day of the Mongolia Update, we feature a symposium with scholars focusing on Mongolia and Inner Asia more broadly, with an emphasis on aspects relating to the environment and climate change.

Venue

IN-PERSON: Lecture Theatre 2 (HB2), Hedley Bull Building, 130 Garran Rd, ANU

ONLINE: Zoom. Please select the relevant ticket, in-person or online, according to your preferred attendance mode.

Speakers include:

Assistant Professor Takahiro Tomita, Kobe University
Dr William Taylor, University of Colorado, Boulder
Associate Professor Byambabaatar Ichinkhorloo, National University of Mongolia
Dr Uchralt Otede, Australian National University
Saren Tuoya, Inner Mongolia University
Dr Rebekah Plueckhahn, University of Melbourne
Byambagerel Suren, National University of Mongolia
Associate Professor Natasha Fijn, Australian National University

Please register and select the appropriate ticket type (in-person or online).

The Update is organised by the ANU Mongolia Institute, the only dedicated hub for Mongolian studies in the Southern Hemisphere.

The Mongolia Update is hosted by the College of Asia and the Pacific at the Australian National University, supported by the Embassy of Mongolia and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in Canberra.