Poland - Environment
As far as the environment of Poland is concerned, there have been decreased emphasis on heavy industry and increased environmental concern by post-communist governments has improved environment; air pollution remains serious because of emissions from burning low-quality coals in homes and from coal-fired power plants; the resulting acid rain causes forest damage; water pollution from industrial and municipal sources is a problem, as is disposal of hazardous wastes. As for nvironment - international agreements, we have; Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Sulphur 94, 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, Environmental Modification, 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 Poland
| Climate | We have temperate with cold, cloudy, moderately severe winters with frequent precipitation; mild summers with frequent showers and thundershowers |
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| Revenue from forest resources | 0.17% of GDP (2018 est.) |
| Revenue from coal | 0.27% of GDP (2018 est.) |
| Waste and recycling | Municipal solid waste generated annually: 10.863 million tons (2015 est.) |
| Total renewable water resources | 60.5 billion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Major rivers (by length in km) | Wisla (Vistula) river source and mouth (shared with Belarus and Ukraine) - 1,213 km note - longest river in Poland |
| Total water withdrawal | |
| Municipal | 1.96 billion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Industrial | 5.87 billion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Agricultural | 1.39 billion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Air pollutants | |
| Particulate matter emissions | 18.83 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.) |
| Carbon dioxide emissions | 299.04 megatons (2016 est.) |
| Methane emissions | 46.62 megatons (2020 est.) |
| Land Use | |
| Agricultural land | 48.2% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: arable land | arable land: 36.2% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: permanent crops | permanent crops: 1.3% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: permanent pasture | permanent pasture: 10.7% (2018 est.) |
| Forest | 30.6% (2018 est.) |
| Other | 21.2% (2018 est.) |
| Urbanization | |
| Urban population | 60.2% of total population (2023) |
| Rate of urbanization | -0.16% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
| Major urban areas (Pop) | 1.798 million WARSAW (capital), 769,000 Krakow (2023). |
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