6 th Meeting of ICSU Regional Committee for Asia and the Pacific

The 6 th Meeting of ICSU Regional Committee for Asia and the Pacific was convened on 26-27 November 2008 in Guilin, China. It was hosted by the China Association for Science and Technology (CAST). In attendance were Prof. Motonori Hoshi, Prof. Mingsarn Kaosa-ard, Prof. Ali Akbar Moosavi Movahedi, Prof. Zhang Kan, Prof. Derek Gardiner, Prof. Muhammad Awang, Dr. Patricia Ocampo-Thomason, and Prof. Mohd Nordin Hasan.

At this meeting the Regional Committee for Asia and the Pacific agreed on a road-map to develop fully the potential of the Regional Office in the next three years. It was also suggested that the ICSU explores the use of the action plan matrix developed by the Regional Office for its science plan on hazards and disasters as a template to initiate work on the recently launched ICSU programme on Integrated Research on Disaster Risks (IRDR). A half-day forum on sustainable energy in Asia and the Pacific, with a special focus on China (the host country), was held in conjunction with the meeting. Scientists from the Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, and the Guangzhou Institute Energy Conversion (both belonging to the Chinese Academy of Sciences), the China Association for Science and Technology, and ICSU ROAP participated in the forum.