World & BusinessMongolian herders turn to new tech against a harsher, drier climate
Hunu app founder Bilgudei Gankhulug tells AFP he was inspired to help herders after a 2024 extreme weather event in which over eight million livestock died.
TLDR
AFP reports that Mongolian herders are enlisting new technology as human-driven climate change disproportionately affects the country, threatening its nomadic population and livestock. Bilgudei Gankhulug, the 26-year-old founder of the Hunu app, tells AFP that a 2024 “dzud”—an extreme weather event in which over eight million livestock died—inspired him to help herders.
Mongolian herders turn to new tech against a harsher, drier climate
Hunu app founder Bilgudei Gankhulug tells AFP he was inspired to help herders after a 2024 extreme weather event in which over eight million livestock died.
TLDR
AFP reports that Mongolian herders are enlisting new technology as human-driven climate change disproportionately affects the country, threatening its nomadic population and livestock. Bilgudei Gankhulug, the 26-year-old founder of the Hunu app, tells AFP that a 2024 “dzud”—an extreme weather event in which over eight million livestock died—inspired him to help herders.
