Issue (WIWE) status: Submitted, Unpublished

Wild Card's progress: Basic

This Wild Card came from: 
Interviews

The source of this Wild Card: 
Martin Sharp, Liverpool John Moores University, RTC North

Likelihood timeframe and scenario features : 
now-2025

Wild Card's description: 

For example London, Cambridge, Manchester put out of action for a significant period of time (more than 1 year). With a damaged infrastructure in the UK (or Europe) the loss of research capacity could divert investment to other countries which could have catastrophic longer term impacts on science and innovation progress.