Norway - Environment
As far as the environment of Norway is concerned, there have been water pollution; acid rain damaging forests and adversely affecting lakes, threatening fish stocks; air pollution from vehicle emissions. 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, 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.
About the environment of Norway
| Climate | We have temperate along coast, modified by North Atlantic Current; colder interior with increased precipitation and colder summers; rainy year-round on west coast |
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| Revenue from forest resources | 0.05% of GDP (2018 est.) |
| Revenue from coal | 0% of GDP (2018 est.) |
| Waste and recycling | Municipal solid waste generated annually: 2.187 million tons (2015 est.) |
| Total renewable water resources | 393 billion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Major rivers (by length in km) | |
| Total water withdrawal | |
| Municipal | 780 million cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Industrial | 1.07 billion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Agricultural | 840 million cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Air pollutants | |
| Particulate matter emissions | 6.3 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.) |
| Carbon dioxide emissions | 41.02 megatons (2016 est.) |
| Methane emissions | 4.81 megatons (2020 est.) |
| Land Use | |
| Agricultural land | 2.7% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: arable land | arable land: 2.2% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: permanent crops | permanent crops: 0% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: permanent pasture | permanent pasture: 0.5% (2018 est.) |
| Forest | 27.8% (2018 est.) |
| Other | 69.5% (2018 est.) |
| Urbanization | |
| Urban population | 84% of total population (2023) |
| Rate of urbanization | 1.32% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
| Major urban areas (Pop) | 1.086 million OSLO (capital) (2023). |
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