NEW YORK, September 16, 2014 — In a discussion with Orville Schell of Asia Society's Center on U.S.-China Relations, photographer and mountaineer David Breashears describes how he finally became aware of the effects of climate change in the Himalaya. His fellow photographer Ian Teh relates how he's witnessed an environmental consciousness gradually taking hold in China's emerging middle class. (6 min., 22 sec.)

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Asia Society's 2014 UNGA events