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Isle of Man1
Central Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea and the North Sea, between the Netherlands and Poland, south of Denmark
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Environment
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Environmental issues
air pollution and acid rain from coal-burning utilities and industries; water pollution from raw sewage and industrial effluents; hazardous waste disposal
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 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, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping-London Convention, Marine Dumping-London Protocol, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 2006, Wetlands, Whaling
Signed, but not ratified
none of the selected agreements
Climate
temperate and marine; cool, cloudy, wet winters and summers; occasional warm mountain (foehn) wind
Land use
Agricultural land
47.5% (2023 est.)
Agricultural land: arable land
arable land: 33.4% (2023 est.)
Agricultural land: permanent crops
permanent crops: 0.6% (2023 est.)
Agricultural land: permanent pasture
permanent pasture: 13.5% (2023 est.)
Forest
32.8% (2023 est.)
Other
15% (2023 est.)
Urbanization
Urban population
77.8% of total population (2023)
Rate of urbanization
0.13% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
Carbon dioxide emissions
Total emissions
600.192 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)
From coal and metallurgical coke
163.407 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)
From petroleum and other liquids
277.688 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)
From consumed natural gas
159.097 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)
Particulate matter emissions
10.6 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)
Methane emissions
Energy
476.2 kt (2022-2024 est.)
Agriculture
1,197.8 kt (2019-2021 est.)
Waste
459 kt (2019-2021 est.)
Other
110 kt (2019-2021 est.)
Waste and recycling
Municipal solid waste generated annually
50.628 million tons (2024 est.)
Percent of municipal solid waste recycled
49.8% (2022 est.)
Total water withdrawal
Municipal
10.713 billion cubic meters (2022 est.)
Industrial
14.005 billion cubic meters (2022 est.)
Agricultural
1.075 billion cubic meters (2022 est.)
Total renewable water resources
154 billion cubic meters (2022 est.)
Geoparks
Total global geoparks and regional networks
8
Global geoparks and regional networks
Bergstraße-Odenwald ; Harz, Braunschweiger Land; Swabian Alb; TERRA.vita; Vulkaneifel; Thuringia Inselsberg -Drei Gleichen; Muskauer Faltenbogen / Łuk Mużakowa (includes Poland); Ries (2023)