Post Author's Photographer By Kristin Eggen December 2, 2016

The Winneshiek Energy District’s December Energy Breakfast features Sam Pollan, recent research delegate to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Marrakech, Morocco. Pollan spoke about his experience as a delegate at this year’s conference, provided an overview of international climate negotiations and explored what they mean for Decorah. The event washeld at 7:30 AM in the lower level of T-Bocks on Tuesday, December 20th.

Pollan discussed the events of the most recent negotiations that took place in Marrakech and describde what it is like to be part of the negotiating process. For nearly three decades policy makers, national governments, scientists, and advocacy groups have been working to address the global threat of climate change through international diplomacy.

Pollan is a graduate of Dickinson College with a BA in Environmental Studies. He attended his first UN conference in 2011 in Durban, South Africa, conducting research on the UN-REDD+ program. Last year, Pollan served as Luther College’s Energy and Waste Fellow and has continued his stay in Decorah as a member of the Green Iowa AmeriCorps team based out of the Winneshiek Energy District.
This event is part of the a monthly Energy Breakfast education series at T-Bock’s Underground, 206 W Water St. Decorah.

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Kristin Eggen first came to the Winneshiek Energy District as a Green Iowa AmeriCorps member in 2015. Eight years later, she is thrilled to lead the grassroots clean energy movement in Winneshiek County. Kristin deeply appreciates rural communities, Northeast Iowa, community sustainability, and nonprofit management. She uses The Art of Hosting Conversations that Matter methodology and graphic recording services to drive strategic conversations around community sustainability, justice, fundraising, and nonprofit health.

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