Malta - Environment
As far as the environment of Malta is concerned, there have been limited natural freshwater resources; increasing reliance on desalination; deforestation; wildlife preservation. As for nvironment - international agreements, we have; Air Pollution, 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.
About the environment of Malta
| Climate | We have Mediterranean; mild, rainy winters; hot, dry summers |
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| Revenue from forest resources | 0% of GDP (2018 est.) |
| Revenue from coal | 0% of GDP (2018 est.) |
| Waste and recycling | Municipal solid waste generated annually: 269,000 tons (2015 est.) |
| Total renewable water resources | 50 million cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Major rivers (by length in km) | |
| Total water withdrawal | |
| Municipal | 40 million cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Industrial | 1 million cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Agricultural | 20 million cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Air pollutants | |
| Particulate matter emissions | 12.93 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.) |
| Carbon dioxide emissions | 1.34 megatons (2016 est.) |
| Methane emissions | 0.2 megatons (2020 est.) |
| Land Use | |
| Agricultural land | 32.3% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: arable land | arable land: 28.4% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: permanent crops | permanent crops: 3.9% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: permanent pasture | permanent pasture: 0% (2018 est.) |
| Forest | 0.9% (2018 est.) |
| Other | 66.8% (2018 est.) |
| Urbanization | |
| Urban population | 94.9% of total population (2023) |
| Rate of urbanization | 0.28% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
| Major urban areas (Pop) | 213,000 VALLETTA (capital) (2018). |
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