the group SustainUS was behind the protest at the US presentation.
10 Dec: Pacific Standard Mag: In Katowice, Protesters Disrupt a U.S. Event Promoting Fossil Fuels
Protesters chose that moment to interrupt the event’s opening remarks with uproarious laughter. “These false solutions are a joke, but the impacts to our frontline communities are not,” Aneesa Khan, the COP24 SustainUS delegation co-leader, yelled. “We hold the solutions and we know that we must keep it in the ground.”...
https://psmag.com/environment/in-katowice-protesters-disrupt-a-us-event-promoting-fossil-fuels
SustainUS Chairman – Kyle Gracey
Outside of SustainUS, Kyle co-founded the youth coalition at the United Nations climate change negotiations, analyzed policy for the U.S. Secretary of Transportation, served at the U.S. Treasury Department during the financial crisis, and wrote speeches for Vice President Joe Biden…and stints as a Science & Environment Consultant and Innovation Consultant at two private sector firms
His Bachelors degrees (Biochemistry & Biophysics, Ecological Economics) are from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, where he became a Truman Scholar. His Masters degree (Geophysical Sciences and Public Policy) is from The University of Chicago…
Oct 2010: WRAL: Two from Durham selected for White House internships
Others named to the internship program are…
Kyle Gracey. Hometown: Johnstown, PA; University of Chicago, IL.
https://www.wral.com/news/local/noteworthy/story/8398071/?keepThis=true&TB_iframe=true