Climate change potentially impacts many business categories, CCC provides client-specific analysis for:Agricultural
- Length of growing seasons
- Temperature and/or precipitation stresses
- Migration of optimal crop growing regions
Construction
- Increased coastal erosion concerns
- Frequency/duration of construction delays
- Material substitution due to changes on weathering rates
Energy
- Regional energy demand & load changes
- Increased urgency for renewable energy sources
Insurance
- Regional changes in flood & high wind risk
- Secular changes in hurricane risk
- Increased risk to coastal properties
Retail/Manufacturing
- Timing of seasonal clothing manufacturing and distribution
- Changes in seasonal sales of beverages, soups, etc
Transportation
- Changes in infrastructure weathering rates
- Changes in northern shipping lanes
Water Resources/Hydrology
- Changes in river levels
- Reservoir storage and water delivery timing
- Timing of snowpack melt and reservoir recharge
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