Kundan Pandey

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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The steel sector in India is highly emissions-intensive and contributes almost a third of direct industrial CO2 emissions, a report says. Photo by Jean Beaufort

Energy-intensive steel industry looks to push consumption, reduce emissions

Kundan Pandey 16 Mar 2022
Bombay Stock Exchange.

With plans to standardise ESG rating, India’s market regulator takes a step towards sustainable finance

Kundan Pandey 10 Feb 2022
Damodar river flows across some of the most mineral rich regions of India which could be a boon for states like Jharkhand and West Bengal. Image by Rahul Singh

The ‘sorrow’ of Damodar river continues for millions of people

Rahul Singh, Kundan Pandey 9 Sep 2021

NITI Aayog ranks states on progress toward SDG goals but yardsticks have been changing

Kundan Pandey 25 Jun 2021
An oil palm plantation established on steep sloping land traditionally used for shifting cultivation (or jhum) near Dampa Tiger Reserve in Mamit District, Mizoram, India. Photo by T. R. Shankar Raman/Wikimedia commons

Can the Indian market move towards a sustainable palm oil supply chain?

Mayank Aggarwal, Kundan Pandey 18 Jun 2021
Policy flip-flop over solar contracts could eclipse India’s sunshine sector

Policy flip-flop over solar contracts could eclipse India’s sunshine sector

Mayank Aggarwal, Kundan Pandey 11 Jun 2021
Meenakshi Dewan tends to maintenance work on the solar street lighting in her village of Tinginaput, in Orissa. With solar lighting villagers villagers can move away from traditional oil lamps which burn kerosene – saving them money, and helping to reduce carbon emissions. Photo by Abbie Trayler-Smith / Panos Pictures / Department for International Development

Net zero debate: Where do Indian states stand on the decarbonisation pathway?

Kundan Pandey 11 May 2021
A group of women from a mountain village in Rajasthan carrying firewood on their heads. They walk for an hour each way in sandals to cut the wood. Photo by Karan Singh Rathore/Flickr

30 years of liberalisation: Existing poor energy access may dive down further with Covid-19

Kundan Pandey 27 Apr 2021

Using fossil fuel as a cash cow: A big obstacle in India’s energy transition

Kundan Pandey 31 Mar 2021
India’s growing demand for palm oil is linked to large scale deforestation for oil palm agriculture in Indonesia and Malaysia.

As India eyes domestic palm oil growth environmental concerns take a backseat

Kundan Pandey, Mayank Aggarwal 24 Mar 2021
A group of woman going to market to sell forest produces.

PESA: The wait for reforms on the ground continues even after 25 years

Kundan Pandey 4 Mar 2021
Azadpur Mandi

GrAMs: Market access scheme for farmers still weighed down after three years

Kundan Pandey 28 Jan 2021
A vendor carrying LPG cylinders

Government survey paints a different picture of Ujjwala scheme claims

Kundan Pandey 22 Jan 2021

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