Country Details

Estonia

Europe between the North Atlantic Ocean in the west and Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine to the east

Environment

Detailed information and insights

Environmental issues

various forms of air, soil, and water pollution; see individual country entries

International environmental agreements

Party to

Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Heavy Metals, Air Pollution-Multi-effect Protocol, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Air Pollution-Sulphur 94, Antarctic-Marine Living Resources, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Tropical Timber 2006

Signed, but not ratified

Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds

Climate

cold temperate; potentially subarctic in the north to temperate; mild wet winters; hot dry summers in the south

Carbon dioxide emissions

Total emissions

2.651 billion metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)

From coal and metallurgical coke

518.857 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)

From petroleum and other liquids

1.489 billion metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)

From consumed natural gas

643.8 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)

Total renewable water resources

1.7 trillion cubic meters (2019)