TCAR - Typhoon Committee

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ESCAP/WMO
Typhoon Committee Annual Review 2009
Fig. 25. Disaster Risk Analysis System
d. Research, Training, and Other Achievements/
Results
Policy & Research for Global Disaster
Management (PR4GDM)
The National Emergency Management Agency
(NEMA) organized the Policy & Research for
Global Disaster Management (PR4GDM) so as
to create a new environment for research and
development activities that seek to address
climate change and reinforce future disaster
management capabilities. Fifty-two experts from
universities, government and public research
institutes in the U.S.A, Japan, Canada, China,
Norway, the UN and Korea attended PR4GDM in
Seoul from 11 to 13 November.
The keynote speeches covered areas such as
major R&D policies, future disaster prospects
and international cooperation. Six additional
presentations were given on i) Green Growth and
climate change, ii) firefighting and emergency
rescue, iii) education and training, iv) firefighting
and natural disaster prevention technologies,
v) firefighting and public safety and vi) IT and
spatial information. The meeting also consisted
of in-depth discussion on the science of
disaster management and explored development
schemes, helping worldwide promotion of R&D
for disaster prevention, technological cooperation,
and the basis of a national disaster prevention
network to cope with climate issues.
Fig. 26. Policy & Research for Global Disaster
Management
d. Regional Cooperation Achievements/Results
- N.A.
f. Identified Opportunities/Challenges for
Future Achievements/Results
- N.A.