larson, james bradbury, and stephanie. thank you all for your work and now on with the program. soon you're going to hear from carl, who is going to give us an overview of the research findings, and that will be followed by panel discussion which will include q and a and discussion from the audience. not only will you have a hands to ask carl questions about the research findings but then you'll be able to engage in the deeper conversation with the panel. the panel will be moderated by susan goldenberg, u.s. environment correspondent for "the guardian" and will include panelist rick duke, deputy director of climate policy the white house office of energy and climate change, richard kaufman, chairman of energy and finance for new york, office of new york governor andrew cuomo john director of federal and international climate campaigns for the scare club, and mark wagner vice president of government affairs for johnson controls. wri is live tweeting today's event at our wri climate account, and you can join the on-line discussion by using the hash tag low carbon future. sxwro all of my colleagues today. we addresse