Shyla Raghav

Nov 12, 2024 | time.com | Shyla Raghav |Andrew Johnson |Joey Lautrup |Will Henshall

By Shyla Raghav and Video By Andrew D. JohnsonNovember 12, 2024 10:43 AM ESTDid you know that the expansion of AI will require as much new energy as some countries? TIME Chief Climate Officer Shyla Raghav explores artificial intelligence and how it impacts energy use.

Sep 29, 2023 | time.com | Shyla Raghav

“Even if we transition to 100% clean energy, temperatures will continue to rise unless we also address our unsustainable relationship with nature,” wrote climate scientist Johan Rockstrom recently, echoing a call that reverberated across this year’s New York Climate Week. While climate action is often framed as a sacrifice of at least $2 trillion annually (mainly for clean energy), the cost of inaction on protecting and restoring nature is much higher.

Jul 27, 2023 | conservation.org | Shyla Raghav

The world has finally woken up to a truth we have known for decades: People need nature. At least that’s how I felt reading this letter in The Guardian signed by the activist Greta Thunberg, journalist George Monbiot and an impressive group of world-renowned scientists, academics, artists and activists. As they put it, “Defending the living world and defending the climate are, in many cases, one and the same.”This truth is at the heart of our work at Conservation International.

Jul 19, 2023 | conservation.org | Shyla Raghav

Editor’s note: On Monday, November 4, 2019, the Trump administration began the official withdrawal process of the United States from the Paris Agreement, which will take a year to formalize. Upon withdrawal, the U.S. will no longer be bound to reach its emissions reductions targets pledged under the accords. This post was updated on November 4, 2019. Conservation News takes a look at five things you need to know about the historic international accord. 1.

Jul 19, 2023 | conservation.org | Shyla Raghav

Climate change can seem like an impossibly large problem — what can any one of us do? The answer: More than you might think. Three recent books can help point the way: They have shaped my views on how to eat sustainably, what impact the products I buy have on climate change and how important social justice is to tackling environmental issues.