<div>Dear colleagues,</div><div> </div><div>I am informed that the attached report in my previous e-mail is too large to go through your e-mail system. Please see the link for the report at the end of the following news item below.</div>
<div> </div><div>With best wishes,</div><div> </div><div>Pak</div><div> </div><div>.......................<br></div><h2 class="entry-type">News</h2>
<h1 class="entry-title">ESCAP/WMO Typhoon Committee Considers Climate Change
Impacts</h1>
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February 2013: The 45th session of the UN Economic and Social Commission for
Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP)/World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Typhoon
Committee considered, <em>inter alia</em>, urban flood risk management, cyclone
renaming, severe weather forecasting, an assessment report on the influence of
climate change on tropical cyclones.</p>
<p>At the session, which took place from 29 January to 1 February 2013, in Hong
Kong, China, the Typhoon Committee noted its new publication, “The Second
Assessment Report on the Influence of Climate Change on Tropical Cyclones in the
Typhoon Committee Region,” a summary and analysis of research by member States
on the long-term trends of tropical cyclone activity in the western North
Pacific basin. According to WMO, the region claims the world's highest tropical
cyclone activity, and in 2012 alone experienced 25 events at “Tropical Storm”
intensity or higher.</p>
<p>The report concludes that the influence of climate change on tropical cyclone
activity remains uncertain, given the difficulty of distinguishing between the
relative contributions of natural variations and climate change linked to human
activity, and calls for further research to clarify these factors. The report
also notes changes in regional tropical cyclone activity, and its review of
available studies on future projections for tropical cyclone activity indicates
that more models project decreases than increases in frequency, but most project
an increase in intensity and precipitation rates.</p>
<p>During the session, the Typhoon Committee also noted the completion of a
best-practice guideline in the mitigation of urban flood risks under the Urban
Flood Risk Management Project, and discussed intentions to focus on the
implementation plan of the Synergized Standard Operating Procedures for Coastal
Multi-Hazards Early Warning System. They also discussed plans to enhance the
Typhoon Committee Disaster Information System, a database of tropical
cyclone-related damage data and statistics from members. In its annual review of
tropical cyclone names, the Committee discontinued the use of “Washi,” the
Severe Tropical Storm that devastated the Philippines in December 2012, and
replaced it by “Hato.”</p>
<p>The Typhoon Committee offers a forum for international collaboration to build
disaster resilience and mitigate the impacts of tropical cyclones in the
Asia-Pacific region. The 45th session was attended by 12 of its 14 members,
which include: Cambodia; China; Democratic People's Republic of Korea; Hong
Kong, China; Japan; Lao People's Democratic Republic; Macao, China; Malaysia;
the Philippines; Republic of Korea; Singapore; Thailand; Viet Nam; and the US.
[<a href="http://www.wmo.int/pages/mediacentre/news/typhooncommitte.html" target="_blank">WMO Press Release</a>] [<a href="http://www.typhooncommittee.org/45th/Docs/PRESS%20RELEASE%20eng.pdf" target="_blank">Typhoon Committee Press
Release</a>] [Publication: <a href="http://www.typhooncommittee.org/45th/Docs/item%2011/2assessment_FINAL.pdf" target="_blank">Second Assessment Report on the
Influence of Climate Change on Tropical Cyclones in the Typhoon Committee
Region</a>]</p><br>......................</div><div class="entry-content"> </div><div class="entry-content"> </div><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">PS Low</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:paksumlow@gmail.com">paksumlow@gmail.com</a>></span><br>
Date: Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 1:22 PM<br>Subject: The Influence of Climate Change on Tropical Cyclones<br>To: <a href="mailto:Ngoclimatechange@ngocentre.org.vn">Ngoclimatechange@ngocentre.org.vn</a><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
<div><div><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div><div class="gmail_quote"><div>Dear colleagues,</div><div> </div><div><div class="im"><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family:"AauxProRegular","sans-serif";font-size:10pt">I think the attached report on "<font size="3" face="Times New Roman"></font>The Second Assessment Report on the
Influence of Climate Change on Tropical Cyclones in the Typhoon Committee
Region" by the ESCAP/WMO Typhoon Committee may interest you. Please share it with your other colleagues.</span></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"AauxProRegular","sans-serif";font-size:10pt"></span> </p>
<p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"AauxProRegular","sans-serif";font-size:10pt">With best regards,</span></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family:"AauxProRegular","sans-serif";font-size:10pt"></span> </p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"AauxProRegular","sans-serif";font-size:10pt">Pak</span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"AauxProRegular","sans-serif";font-size:10pt">Pak Sum Low</span></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"AauxProRegular","sans-serif";font-size:10pt">UKM-Yayasan Sime Darby Chair in Climate Change</span></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"AauxProRegular","sans-serif";font-size:10pt">E-mail: <a href="mailto:plow@ukm.my" target="_blank">plow@ukm.my</a></span></p>
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