5 January 2021: The fifty-third Session of the Typhoon Committee will be held online from 23 to 25 February 2021. The Session is being convened by the Typhoon Committee, under the auspices of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), and hosted online by Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA). At the Session, the Committee will review the progress made in its programme of work in 2020 and make plans for activities to be undertaken in 2021 and beyond, together with the support required to implement them. The Session will also cover strategic and development issues such as the implementation of the Strategic Plan 2017-2021 and the preparation for the update of the Strategic Plan for 2022-2026.
