The logistics are landing in layers: a dedicated media centre opened this week, 745 side-event requests are in, and 73 kindergartens and 60 schools will adjust their schedules for the conference dates of 17 to 28 August. The host country brings its own exhibit: 76.8% of Mongolian territory is affected by desertification, by the agency’s own count.
The host city of a climate summit is racing to add heat and power before winter.
The same news day carried the other half of Mongolian reality: the deputy prime minister instructed ministers to advance power-plant projects ahead of winter. A city preparing to host a climate conference in August is simultaneously hurrying generating capacity for October, which is a fair one-line portrait of the energy decade this desk covers.