next to him is ambassador selwin hart who served as the lead negotiator on finance for the alliance of small island developing states in negotiations through paris. he was also director for that of the u.n. secretary general's climate support team and is ambassador of barbados to the united states. next to ambassador hart we have al smith who is managing director and global head of corporate sustainability and oversees the global sustainability initiatives including the 100 billion environmental finance goal instituting their commitment last fall to source 100% of the city's energy needs from renewable resources by 2020. next to val we have second ben grumbles who is secretary of the environment for the state of maryland. he leads the state's work on environmental protection change with governor hogan. he's currently also chair of the regional greenhouse gas initiative which we hear a lot about rggi, i like the acronym, remember rggi, the first mandatory market-based u.s. program to reduce emissions in northeast and mid atlantic united states and next to ben is angela navarro, deputy c