In recent years, natural disasters which are caused partly in affect by climate change have frequently occurred in Asia. While many of these disasters are difficult to prevent or predict, to minimize damages of natural disaster is very important, not only to create disasters resilience in cities but also to strengthen disaster prevention capacities at community levels, through formal and informal education systems, local community networks, and voluntary organizations for disaster prevention.
In this conference, journalists made presentations about natural disasters in their cities and activities for disaster prevention and discussed how we can increase disaster prevention capacities and skills at community levels.
- Organized by:
- UN-HABITAT Fukuoka Office
- Supported by:
- The Nishinippon Newspaper
Fukuoka Prefecture
Fukuoka City
Participants
- Moderator:
- SAKAI Masami (The Nishinippon Newspaper, International Affairs Editor)
- Keynote Speech (from Japan):
- SHAW Rajib (Kyoto University, Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies, Associate Professor)
- Commentator:
- 1. SHAW Rajib (Kyoto University, Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies, Associate Professor)
2. NODA Toshiyasu (Director, UN-HABITAT Fukuoka Office)
- Panelists (Journalists from respectable newspaper in Asia):
- 1. Cynthia Delgado BALANA (Senior Reporter, Philippine Daily Inquirer)
2. Arun KATIYAR (independent journalist, media consultant, & author, former Bombay Bureau Chief of India Today)
3. NGUYEN HAM Bao Truc (Reporter, Saigon Giai Phong Investment Finance Newspaper)
4. Anuradha KODAGODA (Reporter, Sunday Observer)
5. YOO Jee Hye (Reporter, The JoongAng Ilbo)
6. WANG Ningjun (Senior Editor, Shanghai Daily)
7. UENO Hiromitsu (Reporter, The Nishinippon Newspaper)
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