Kundan Pandey

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Kundan Pandey is a journalist with more than 10 years of experience. In his career, he has been writing on energy transition, environment, agriculture, land rights, tribes and natural resources. He has worked for several media outlets like Down To Earth, The Times of India and The Pioneer. In journalism, traveling to new world to report and decoding politics behind natural resources fascinates him.

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A paddy field in Kerala. Photo by Anne Roberts/Flickr.

With increasing climate-related threats, farmers gear up for adaptation

Kundan Pandey 4 Apr 2023

From the Global South countries, only South Africa has developed a comprehensive just transition framework so far. Photo by Kgara Kevin Rack

[Interview] Global South needs to come together for a better just transition deal, says Louise Naudé

Kundan Pandey 31 Mar 2023

Open panchayat near Narsingarh in Madhya Pradesh. With the 73rd and 74th amendments, India took the first definite step on the path to ensure effective local governance in the 1990s. Photo by Suyash Dwivedi/Creative Commons.

State Finance Commissions in ‘poor’ shape, affecting decentralisation process

Kundan Pandey 23 Mar 2023

Are cities ‘smart’ enough to leverage municipal bonds?

Kundan Pandey 21 Feb 2023

Without considering green GDP, the budget’s claim of green growth is weak

Kundan Pandey 9 Feb 2023

Fifty shades of green: The union budget’s environmental hits and misses

Kundan Pandey 2 Feb 2023

Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs, Nirmala Sitharaman, the Minister of State for Finance, Pankaj Chaudhary and the Minister of State for Finance, Bhagwat Kishanrao Karad on the eve of Budget 2023, in New Delhi on January 31, 2023. Photo by PIB

India’s push for climate finance in Economic Survey 2023 reflects its stance as G20 President

Kundan Pandey 1 Feb 2023

As cracks widen in Joshimath, reasons lay hidden underground

Kundan Pandey 18 Jan 2023

A farmer tilling his sugarcane field at Karad in Maharashtra. Photo by Manish Kumar/Mongabay

Energy transition offers a ray of hope to farmers struggling in chilly winter

Manish Kumar, Kundan Pandey 28 Dec 2022

A framework for sovereign green bonds a step in the right direction but has miles to go

Kundan Pandey 22 Nov 2022

This year could be a record for fossil carbon dioxide emissions

Kundan Pandey 15 Nov 2022

Rooftop solar extends deadline for target which is not a promising sign say experts

Kundan Pandey 1 Nov 2022

India needs legal framework for closing mines and power plants

Kundan Pandey 25 Oct 2022

Big gaps in green financing could hamper India’s energy transition

Kundan Pandey 17 Oct 2022

The international treaty on plant genetics moves a step ahead with farmers’ rights and DSI

Kundan Pandey, Sahana Ghosh 30 Sep 2022

Image shows a mural depicting coal mine workers

Coal will stay strong even as solar shines in India’s energy transition

Kundan Pandey 21 Sep 2022

People carrying firewood. Photo by by Vinayaraj/Wikimedia Commons.

Parliamentary panel endorses controversial changes in biodiversity law overlooking concerns

Kundan Pandey 2 Sep 2022

A wind turbine in Tamil Nadu's Kanyakumari district.

Lagging wind energy needs attention, says standing committee report

Kundan Pandey 22 Aug 2022

RBI gears up to deal with climate-related financial risks

Kundan Pandey 19 Aug 2022

[Video] Can a waste-to-energy plant address piling concerns from a landfill site?

Kundan Pandey, Video by Shaz Syed 1 Jul 2022

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