Onon Bayasgalan
Chief Sustainability Officer, URECA; Founder Climate Mongolia
Onon Bayasgalan is the chief sustainability officer at URECA, a climate-tech startup, and the founder of Climate Mongolia, a climate advocacy NGO. She is deeply committed to promoting climate mitigation efforts in Mongolia, bolstering climate resilience among local communities, developing networks among young professionals, and tackling air pollution. In the past, she initiated the Environmental Fellowship Program as well as its rural version. She also managed the Sustainable Cashmere Project while at the Wildlife Conservation Society, a project that linked herders, the fashion world, and extractive industries to develop regenerative agriculture. At URECA, she supports the Coal to Solar project, an innovative clean energy transition initiative.