Poland has been identified as Europe’s largest “super-emitter” of methane from coal mining operations, according to a new report by energy think-tank Ember.

The warning comes as China and India report the first sustained emissions decreases, years ahead of schedule, but the US continues to ignore its carbon budget limits set by the 2015 Paris Agreement and has significantly increased CO₂ emissions.

Extreme weather has led to an explosion of deadly wildfires around the world that are turning forests that should be a CO₂ sink into major sources of additional emissions as the area that burns each year expands.

Egypt is reviewing plans with Italian energy major (BIT: ENI) to raise oil and gas production and continue work on linking Cypriot gas fields to Egypt’s infrastructure