France - Environment
As far as the environment of France is concerned, there have been some forest damage from acid rain; air pollution from industrial and vehicle emissions; water pollution from urban wastes, agricultural runoff. 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 85, Air Pollution-Sulphur 94, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Antarctic-Environmental Protection, Antarctic-Marine Living Resources, Antarctic Seals, Antarctic Treaty, 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, Marine Dumping-London Protocol, Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 2006, Wetlands, Whaling.
About the environment of France
Climate We have

metropolitan France: generally cool winters and mild summers, but mild winters and hot summers along the Mediterranean; occasional strong, cold, dry, north-to-northwesterly wind known as the mistral

Revenue from forest resources 0.03% of GDP (2018 est.)
Revenue from coal 0% of GDP (2018 est.)
Waste and recycling Municipal solid waste generated annually: 33.399 million tons (2015 est.)
Total renewable water resources 211 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)
Major rivers (by length in km) Rhin (Rhine)  (shared with Switzerland [s], Germany, and Netherlands [m]) - 1,233 km;  Loire - 1,012 km
note – [s] after country name indicates river source; [m] after country name indicates river mouth
Total water withdrawal
Municipal 5.31 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)
Industrial 17.78 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)
Agricultural 3.18 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)
Air pollutants
Particulate matter emissions 10.46 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)
Methane emissions 55.99 megatons (2020 est.)
Land Use
Agricultural land 52.7% (2018 est.)
Agricultural land: arable land arable land: 33.4% (2018 est.)
Agricultural land: permanent crops permanent crops: 1.8% (2018 est.)
Agricultural land: permanent pasture permanent pasture: 17.5% (2018 est.)
Forest 29.2% (2018 est.)
Other 18.1% (2018 est.)
Urbanization
Urban population 81.8% of total population (2023)
Rate of urbanization 0.67% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
Major urban areas (Pop) 11.208 million PARIS (capital), 1.761 million Lyon, 1.628 million Marseille-Aix-en-Provence, 1.079 million Lille, 1.060 million Toulouse, 1.000 million Bordeaux (2023).
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France is found in Western Europe