United Arab Emirates - Environment
As far as the environment of United Arab Emirates is concerned, there have been air pollution; rapid population growth and high energy demand contribute to water scarcity; lack of natural freshwater resources compensated by desalination plants; land degradation and desertification; waste generation, beach pollution from oil spills. As for nvironment - international agreements, we have; Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Marine Dumping-London Convention, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands.
About the environment of United Arab Emirates
Climate We have desert; cooler in eastern mountains
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: 5,413,453 tons (2015 est.)
Total renewable water resources 150 million cubic meters (2020 est.)
Major rivers (by length in km)
Total water withdrawal
Municipal 2.63 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)
Industrial 69 million cubic meters (2020 est.)
Agricultural 2.32 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)
Air pollutants
Particulate matter emissions 41.75 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)
Carbon dioxide emissions 206.32 megatons (2016 est.)
Methane emissions 56.55 megatons (2020 est.)
Land Use
Agricultural land 4.6% (2018 est.)
Agricultural land: arable land arable land: 0.5% (2018 est.)
Agricultural land: permanent crops permanent crops: 0.5% (2018 est.)
Agricultural land: permanent pasture permanent pasture: 3.6% (2018 est.)
Forest 3.8% (2018 est.)
Other 91.6% (2018 est.)
Urbanization
Urban population 87.8% of total population (2023)
Rate of urbanization 1.5% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
Major urban areas (Pop) 3.008 million Dubai, 1.831 million Sharjah, 1.567 million ABU DHABI (capital) (2023).
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United Arab Emirates is found in Western Asia