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Current issues: This entry lists the most pressing and important environmental problems. The following terms and abbreviations are used throughout the entry:
International agreements > Signed but not ratified: The various international environmental agreements which a country has signed but not ratified. Agreements are listed in alphabetical order by the abbreviated form of the full name.
Kyoto Protocol signatories > Signed and ratified > Date: Date different countries signed the Kyoto Protocol. The Kyoto Protocol is an international environmental treaty drafted at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), 1997 in Kyoto Japan. The protocol mandates signatory countries to commit themselves to reducing carbon dioxide emission. At present, there are 37 countries that have signed and ratified the protocol.
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999: 1999 total CO2 emissions from fossil-fuel burning, cement production, and gas flaring. Emissions are expressed in thousand metric tons of carbon (not CO2).
Pollution > Greenhouse gas emissions > Kyoto Protocol sign date: Signed.
Proportion of land and marine area under protection: Terrestrial and marine areas protected to total territorial area, percentage.
Proportion of land area under protection: Terrestrial areas protected to total surface area, percentage.
Sanitation > Population with improved sanitation > Rural: Proportion of the population using improved sanitation facilities, rural.
Sanitation > Population with improved sanitation > Urban: Proportion of the population using improved sanitation facilities, urban.
Sanitation > Population with improved sanitation > Urban and rural: Proportion of the population using improved sanitation facilities, total.
Water > Drinking water > Population with improved drinking water sources > Rural: Proportion of the population using improved drinking water sources, rural.
Water > Drinking water > Population with improved drinking water sources > Urban: Proportion of the population using improved drinking water sources, urban.
Water > Drinking water > Population with improved drinking water sources > Urban and rural: Proportion of the population using improved drinking water sources, total.
Water > Drinking water > Population with improved sanitation > Rural: Proportion of the population using improved sanitation facilities, rural.
Water > Proportion of marine area under protection: Marine areas protected to territorial waters, percentage.
Pollution > Greenhouse gas emissions > United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change sign date: Signature.
CO2 Emissions: CO2: Total Emissions (excluding land-use) Units: thousand metric tonnes of carbon dioxide

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STAT	Cook Islands	Germany
Current issues	NA	emissions from coal-burning utilities and industries contribute to air pollution; acid rain, resulting from sulfur dioxide emissions, is damaging forests; pollution in the Baltic Sea from raw sewage and industrial effluents from rivers in eastern Germany; hazardous waste disposal; government established a mechanism for ending the use of nuclear power over the next 15 years; government working to meet EU commitment to identify nature preservation areas in line with the EU's Flora, Fauna, and Habitat directive
International agreements > Signed but not ratified	none of the selected agreements	none of the selected agreements
Kyoto Protocol signatories > Signed and ratified > Date	9/16/1998	4/29/1998
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999	8 Ranked 194th.	216,213 Ranked 5th. 27027 times more than Cook Islands
Pollution > Greenhouse gas emissions > Kyoto Protocol sign date	16 September 1998	29 April 1998
Proportion of land and marine area under protection	0.0564% Ranked 215th.	49.04% Ranked 5th. 869 times more than Cook Islands
Proportion of land area under protection	1.32% Ranked 201st.	48.03% Ranked 7th. 36 times more than Cook Islands
Sanitation > Population with improved sanitation > Rural	94.6% Ranked 66th.	100% Ranked 2nd. 6% more than Cook Islands
Sanitation > Population with improved sanitation > Urban	94.6 Ranked 91st.	100 Ranked 3rd. 6% more than Cook Islands
Sanitation > Population with improved sanitation > Urban and rural	94.6 Ranked 76th.	100 Ranked 3rd. 6% more than Cook Islands
Water > Drinking water > Population with improved drinking water sources > Rural	99.61 Ranked 41st.	100 Ranked 1st. About the same as Cook Islands
Water > Drinking water > Population with improved drinking water sources > Urban	99.61 Ranked 64th.	100 Ranked 4th. About the same as Cook Islands
Water > Drinking water > Population with improved drinking water sources > Urban and rural	99.61 Ranked 46th.	100 Ranked 2nd. About the same as Cook Islands
Water > Drinking water > Population with improved sanitation > Rural	94.6 Ranked 66th.	100 Ranked 2nd. 6% more than Cook Islands
Water > Proportion of marine area under protection	0.0463% Ranked 163th.	64.46% Ranked 5th. 1393 times more than Cook Islands
Pollution > Greenhouse gas emissions > United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change sign date	June 12, 1992	June 12, 1992
CO2 Emissions	34.1 Ranked 176th.	837,425 Ranked 6th. 24558 times more than Cook Islands

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