Shyla Raghav
Shyla Raghav is a climate change expert and policy maker. She is the Vice President of Climate Change at the non-profit Conservation International.
Early life and education
Raghav was born in India and lived in Nigeria and Saudi Arabia, where was witnessed the effects of climate change first hand.[1] While in high school, she encouraged her peers to lower their emissions by switching to LED lightbulbs and taking the stairs instead of the elevator.[2]
She studied ecology and international relations at the University of California, Irvine and holds a master's degree in environmental management from Yale University.[3]
Career
Raghav worked as a United Nations delegate for the Maldives before joining Conservation International where she oversees conservation efforts in almost 30 countries.[4] She has been a key contributor to the non-profit's carbon footprint calculator, which allows users to input information about their habits to see the impact on the environment.[1]
She participated in the Paris Agreement negotiations.[5]
Raghav is an If/Then ambassador and was featured in the Smithsonian's "#IfThenSheCan - The Exhibit", a collection of life-sized 3D-printed statues of role models in STEM.[3] As part of her ambassadorship, Raghav led a session at the 2020 Teen Vogue Summit where she spoke about effective science communication, shedding stereotypes of women in the workplace, and making an impact on the climate as a teen.[6]
References
- ^ a b "Meet the Woman Making it Easier to Reduce Your Carbon Footprint". InStyle. Retrieved 2022-11-17.
- ^ "Shyla Raghav". www.earthsciweek.org. Retrieved 2022-11-17.
- ^ a b "| IF/THEN® Collection". www.ifthencollection.org. Retrieved 2022-11-17.
- ^ "The Hidden Impacts of Climate Change". www.vice.com. Retrieved 2022-11-17.
- ^ "Shyla Raghav". Institute of the Environment and Sustainability at UCLA. 2020-07-22. Retrieved 2022-11-17.
- ^ "Climate Change Expert Shyla Raghav and Venture Capital Trailblazer Terri Burns Mentor Attendees at the Teen Vogue Summit". Teen Vogue. 2020-12-15. Retrieved 2022-11-17.