#MethaneMonday | Indonesia is Japan's second-largest coal supplier after Australia, with exports rising from 22.6 Mt in 2021 to over 27 Mt in 2025. But this carries a hidden cost that Japanese coal and steel operators have yet to price in: coal mine #methane emissions 🇮🇩🇯🇵 🏭

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#MethaneMonday | Japan built the playbook for methane transparency in imported gas, then left coal out of it, despite steelmakers’ coal carrying ~308 kt of methane a year – 4.6x Japan’s reported domestic energy sector methane 🇯🇵💨

#MethaneMonday | Europe’s closed & abandoned coal mines are finally being brought into focus.

Since 5 May 2026, EU law requires methane measurement in eligible abandoned underground mines. Mitigation plans follow in 2027.

Why does this matter? Our video explains 👇

#MethaneMonday | The UN just said the quiet part out loud: a 1.5C breach is now all but inevitable. But buried in the same report is one of our best levers to slow it down: “deep reductions in methane” 📌

Fossil methane is the fastest, most readily available, low-cost lever ✅

#MethaneMonday | Coal demand is nearly flat, but the pipeline of proposed (not yet operating) coal mines grew 11% in 2025, to 2,521 Mtpa ⛏️

Just 5 countries hold 92% of it, with India nearly doubling its share

Full findings from @globalenergymon.bsky.social ⬇️ globalenergymonitor.org/research/sti...