Shyla Raghav Shyla Raghav leads CI’s climate policy team to build and support the development and implementation of sound regional, national and international science-based climate change policies.
Shyla and her interdisciplinary global team engage with key partners to amplify CI’s successful climate change strategies, which demonstrate that ecosystem-based mitigation and adaptation offer tremendous opportunities for meeting the climate challenge. Having attended nearly a decade of United Nations climate change negotiations at the international level, she works closely with governments to inform their positions and policies on finance and climate change adaptation. Prior to joining CI, Shyla worked on multiple adaptation projects in the field addressing water scarcity and food security with organizations such as the Global Environment Facility, the Caribbean Community Climate Change Center, the UNFCCC, and the UNDP country office in Bangkok. Her work has been instrumental in developing tools to help developing countries adapt to climate change by integrating ecosystems into their climate policies. Shyla holds a master’s in environmental management from Yale University and a B.A. and B.S. from the University of California, IrvineDirector, Climate Policy