Croatia - Environment
As far as the environment of Croatia is concerned, there have been air pollution improving but still a concern in urban settings and in emissions arriving from neighboring countries; surface water pollution in the Danube River Basin. As for nvironment - international agreements, we have; Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Heavy Metals, Air Pollution-Multi-effect Protocol, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Air Pollution-Sulphur 94, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping-London Convention, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 2006, Wetlands, Whaling.
About the environment of Croatia
| Climate | We have Mediterranean and continental; continental climate predominant with hot summers and cold winters; mild winters, dry summers along coast |
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| Revenue from forest resources | 0.26% of GDP (2018 est.) |
| Revenue from coal | 0% of GDP (2018 est.) |
| Waste and recycling | Municipal solid waste generated annually: 1.654 million tons (2015 est.) |
| Total renewable water resources | 105.5 billion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Major rivers (by length in km) | Dunav (Danube) (shared with Germany [s], Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Serbia, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Moldova, and Romania [m]) - 2,888 km note – [s] after country name indicates river source; [m] after country name indicates river mouth |
| Total water withdrawal | |
| Municipal | 460 million cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Industrial | 700 million cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Agricultural | 80 million cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Air pollutants | |
| Particulate matter emissions | 15.29 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.) |
| Carbon dioxide emissions | 17.49 megatons (2016 est.) |
| Methane emissions | 3.98 megatons (2020 est.) |
| Land Use | |
| Agricultural land | 23.7% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: arable land | arable land: 16% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: permanent crops | permanent crops: 1.5% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: permanent pasture | permanent pasture: 6.2% (2018 est.) |
| Forest | 34.4% (2018 est.) |
| Other | 41.9% (2018 est.) |
| Urbanization | |
| Urban population | 58.6% of total population (2023) |
| Rate of urbanization | 0.05% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
| Major urban areas (Pop) | 684,000 ZAGREB (capital) (2023). |
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