Ireland - Environment
As far as the environment of Ireland is concerned, there have been water pollution, especially of lakes, from agricultural runoff; acid rain kills plants, destroys soil fertility, and contributes to deforestation. As for nvironment - international agreements, we have; Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Air Pollution-Sulphur 94, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping-London Convention, Marine Dumping-London Protocol, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 2006, Wetlands, Whaling.
About the environment of Ireland
| Climate | We have temperate maritime; modified by North Atlantic Current; mild winters, cool summers; consistently humid; overcast about half the time |
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| Revenue from forest resources | 0.01% of GDP (2018 est.) |
| Revenue from coal | 0% of GDP (2018 est.) |
| Waste and recycling | Municipal solid waste generated annually: 2,692,537 tons (2012 est.) |
| Total renewable water resources | 52 billion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Major rivers (by length in km) | |
| Total water withdrawal | |
| Municipal | 990 million cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Industrial | 520 million cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Agricultural | 40 million cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Air pollutants | |
| Particulate matter emissions | 8.2 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.) |
| Carbon dioxide emissions | 37.71 megatons (2016 est.) |
| Methane emissions | 13.67 megatons (2020 est.) |
| Land Use | |
| Agricultural land | 66.1% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: arable land | arable land: 15.4% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: permanent crops | permanent crops: 0% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: permanent pasture | permanent pasture: 50.7% (2018 est.) |
| Forest | 10.9% (2018 est.) |
| Other | 23% (2018 est.) |
| Urbanization | |
| Urban population | 64.5% of total population (2023) |
| Rate of urbanization | 1.15% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
| Major urban areas (Pop) | 1.270 million DUBLIN (capital) (2023). |
All Important Facts about Ireland
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