UCI Solutions that Scale Seminar Series: A Conversation About COP26

Shyla played an integral role in the Paris Agreement negotiations and recently returned from COP26 (the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference) in Glasgow. She will present a COP26 debriefing and discuss her role in influencing climate policy during a moderated discussion. Shyla will also answer questions from the audience.

About the Speaker
Shyla Raghav (VP, Climate Change) is Conservation International’s leading climate change expert, and drives the organization’s climate change strategy to secure and maximize nature’s potential as a climate solution by leveraging technology, policy, and market innovation. Shyla played an integral role in the negotiations on the Paris Agreement, signed by 195 countries, and has been instrumental in influencing international climate policy for over a decade.

Having worked on both climate change mitigation and adaptation, Shyla has worked at the World Bank, Adaptation Fund, United Nations Development Programmme, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. From both California and northern India, Shyla studied applied ecology and international studies at the University of California, Irvine (BS and BA double major ’07) and earned her master’s degree in environmental management from Yale University (Yale School of the Environment, MEM degree received ’09). She was named an InStyle’s BadAss women, a Grist Top 50 Fixers, a AAAS/IfTHEN Ambassador for women in STEM, and has been featured on CNN, Vice News, and Elle Magazine.

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