Ti Yih Presentation

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ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC GROWTH FOR THE WELLBEING OF ALL

Recent efforts of ESCAPRecent efforts of ESCAP--

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Chair of Typhoon Committee Working Group onChair of Typhoon Committee Working Group on

Disaster Prevention and Preparedness (DPP)Disaster Prevention and Preparedness (DPP)anan

Ti LeTi Le--HuuHuu

Environment and Development Division, ESCAPEnvironment and Development Division, ESCAP

The views ex ressed in this a er/ resentation are the views of the author and do notThe views ex ressed in this a er/ resentation are the views of the author and do not

United Nations ESCAP

necessarily reflect the views or policies of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), or its Board ofnecessarily reflect the views or policies of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), or its Board ofGovernors, or the governments they represent. ADB does not guarantee the accuracy of the dataGovernors, or the governments they represent. ADB does not guarantee the accuracy of the dataincluded in this paper and accepts no responsibility for any consequence of their use.included in this paper and accepts no responsibility for any consequence of their use.Terminology used may not necessarily be consistent with ADB official terms.Terminology used may not necessarily be consistent with ADB official terms.




on new environmental conditions affectedon new environmental conditions affectedb the Climate?b the Climate?

How do TC prioritize activities related toHow do TC prioritize activities related to

assessment of socioassessment of socio--economic impacts?economic impacts?How do TC integrate its climate changeHow do TC integrate its climate change--

related activities into its strategic plan?related activities into its strategic plan? What are priority areas of a TC strategy on What are priority areas of a TC strategy oncapacity building on climate changecapacity building on climate change





Emer in challen es to TC andEmer in challen es to TC and

current key activities of WGDPPcurrent key activities of WGDPP

Key messages of the WorkshopKey messages of the WorkshopExpected new activitiesExpected new activities

change and WGDPPchange and WGDPP


United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the PacificUnited Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific




Number of Disasters in EMDAT,Number of Disasters in EMDAT, 19001900 –– 20052005

Global Trends inGlobal Trends in Fre uenc o Ma or Fre uenc o Ma or Natural Disasters Natural Disasters

HydrometeorologicalHydrometeorological

BiologicalBiological

eo og caeo og ca


Environment Canada (H. Auld)Environment Canada (H. Auld)




Em r in h ll nEm r in h ll nTyphoon Committee (TC)Typhoon Committee (TC)

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hydrohydro--meteorologicalmeteorological--related disastersrelated disasters--

developmentdevelopment

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regional organization for improving the quality ofregional organization for improving the quality of

’’ integrated cooperation to mitigate impacts andintegrated cooperation to mitigate impacts and

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WGDPP WGDPP

Development of Typhoon CommitteeDevelopment of Typhoon Committee

Strengthening of the disasterStrengthening of the disaster

More effective sharing of disasterMore effective sharing of disasterinformationinformation





Workshop Workshop

Findings of IPCCFindings of IPCC--ARAR44--

Findin s in water resourcesFindin s in water resources

managementmanagement

Findings from reports on assessmentFindings from reports on assessment


United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the PacificUnited Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific




Based on a range of models, it is likelyBased on a range of models, it is likely

that future tropical cyclones (typhoonsthat future tropical cyclones (typhoonsand hurricanes) will becomeand hurricanes) will become moremoreintenseintense, with larger peak wind speeds, with larger peak wind speeds

andand more heav reci itationmore heav reci itation associatedassociatedwith ongoing increaseswith ongoing increases of tropical SSTs.of tropical SSTs.

There isThere is lessless confidence in ro ectionsconfidence in ro ections ofofa globala global decrease in numbersdecrease in numbers of tropicalof tropicalc clones.c clones.





IWTC VI (IWTC VI (20062006) Summary of TC frequency change) Summary of TC frequency change


BengtssonBengtsson et a .et a . 19961996 anan BengtssonBengtsson et a .et a . 2007 2007 s ow a re uction os ow a re uction oglobal TC number.global TC number.EmauelEmauel et al.(et al.(20082008) show a reduction of SH TC number.) show a reduction of SH TC number.Knutson et al.(Knutson et al.(20082008) show a reduction of N ATL TC number.) show a reduction of N ATL TC number.

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