Cumbria coal mine could break Paris Agreement, leading climate scientists tell Boris Johnson Mine in conflict with the UK’s obligation to try and limit global warming to 1.5C, experts say The mine is planned to operate until 2049 at Whitehaven in Cumbria Credit: Bloomberg The UK’s first deep coal mine in decades leaves Britain at risk of breaking the Paris Agreement if it goes ahead, leading climate scientists have told Boris Johnson. Lars Nilsson, a professor at Lund University who contributed to the latest report from the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, is one of 1...