Monica Araya
Clean Energy Innovator | Sustainability Strategist
About
Monica Araya is a Costa Rican sustainability strategist and clean energy advocate. She co-founded Costa Rica Limpia, a nonprofit working to accelerate the country's transition to renewable power.
Araya has testified before the European Parliament on climate policy and served as an advisor to the Costa Rican government on energy and transportation issues. Her TED Talks exploring innovative climate solutions have reached millions, providing a hopeful vision for a sustainable future.
Araya's keynotes inspire audiences to embrace bold, systemic changes that safeguard the planet for generations to come.
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The billion-dollar campaign to electrify transport
The roadmap to ending pollution from transportation is here, says electrification advocate Monica Araya. In conversation with head of TED Chris Anderson, Araya introduces Drive Electric: a global campaign to retire the polluting internal combustion engine in time to avoid climate disaster. And she shares some exciting news: a breakthrough funding commitment from the Audacious Project that puts the project well on its way to realizing a billion-dollar plan to supercharge the transition to electric vehicles over the next five years. Learn more about the coalition of 70 organizations powering this global action -- and the role all cities, politicians and citizens can play to secure a zero-emission transport future. (This ambitious plan is a part of the Audacious Project, TED's initiative to inspire and fund global change.)
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