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Final Report<br />

265<br />

Where or who is existing information coming from?<br />

• IPCC<br />

• LA/EA on flood risk<br />

In addition to climate change, what other factors can contribute to or influence this impact?<br />

• Globalisation - Clustering effects<br />

• Employment trends<br />

Group 6 - Economic<br />

Economic Characteristics and impacts of climate change in <strong>London</strong><br />

Workforce (5 votes)<br />

• Working conditions and getting to work<br />

• Population projections<br />

• Migration as a source of new values social + economic<br />

• More house working<br />

• Discourage people from working late<br />

• Does it exasperate inequality (1 vote)<br />

• Depends on drain on welfare/special services<br />

Tourism & Leisure<br />

• Few hotels with air con at moment<br />

• Change in type of tourism<br />

• Water storage<br />

• Could become more seasonal?<br />

• Provision of more outdoor facilities<br />

• Winters warmer but wetter - cloudier - could be positive<br />

Economic Characteristics (2 votes)<br />

• Level of capital assets at risk from climate change! Only from flooding<br />

• Data could exist<br />

• power supply<br />

• Business interruptions e.g. underground<br />

• Power supply telecom

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