How to pronounce“kassie”in English

Kassie and I are going to try to cover quite a bit of ground in a short amount of time today, so if you have questions as we go along please do try to remember your questions and

Kassie Siegel: Thank you Jenny and a million thanks to Winnie for setting this up and to Google for hosting and for all of you for coming.

Kassie Siegel: The bear is actually listed everywhere.

Kassie Siegel: Yeah I'm sorry I didn't hear the first part.

Kassie Siegel: Oh, great question.

Kassie Siegel: Great question, I think we were both condensing today.

Kassie Siegel: Well I'm sorry to say that the U.S. has long been a laggard and that the rest of the world is actually doing a lot more, most of the rest of the world is

I really appreciate your interest and your attention and after Kassie's finished I'd be very happy to answer whatever questions you have.

Kassie Siegel: It just so happens that the things we need to do to save the Arctic ice, I mean the polar bear is worth saving for itself as a magnificent animal,

So I'm going to leave you with that very sobering thought and turn this over to Kassie.

Jenny Ross: And to just give you a few specific examples: sea level rise, as Kassie mentioned, now that's not from the Arctic sea ice melting 'cause that's ice that's floating on ocean;

I'm Winnie Lam and it is my absolute pleasure to welcome our speakers today, Jenny Ross and Kassie Siegel who is at the back there with a big polar bear .

So without further ado let's give a very warm welcome to our guests today, Jenny Ross and Kassie Siegel.