Environment Stats: compare key data on Germany & Holy See (Vatican City)

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.

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STAT	Germany	Holy See (Vatican City)	HISTORY
Current issues	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	NA
International agreements > Signed but not ratified	none of the selected agreements	Air Pollution, Environmental Modification

SOURCES: CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011

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