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Himalayan Glaciers & Asia's Looming Water Crisis
Wednesday, Jul 14, 2010
The Himalaya is home to some of the world's most magnificent peaks and largest glaciers, which supply crucial seasonal flows to rivers across Asia. Yet they are disappearing at an alarming rate. See the photos. Hear the experts.
Sponsor: The Asia Society
Speakers: David Breashears, Filmmaker and mountaineer; Executive Director, GlacierWorks; Syed Iqbal Hasnain, Senior Visiting Fellow, The Henry L. Stimson Center; Bill McKibben, Environmentalist and writer; Founder of 350.org; Orville Schell, Arthur Ross Director, Center on US-China Relations, Asia Society; Yao Tandong, Chinese glaciologist and Director, The Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research
Moderator: Vijay V. Vaitheeswaran Correspondent, The Economist
Date: Wednesday, July 14, 6 - 8:00 pm
Location: The Asia Society, 725 Park Avenue
RSVP: Asia Society. $7 members, $9 students and seniors, $11 general public