Kundan Pandey

The potential of environmental goods and services is constrained by limited access to clean technologies and economic ambiguity over these products.

The Indian market for environmental technology is the sixth largest in the world and is expected to grow rapidly. However, limited access to clean technologies, largely controlled by developed nations, is a major barrier in this trade.

Moromi Hazowary of Kamrup district in Assam had clear aspirations – a stable life and a desire to give her son a better education. It is not a stroke of luck, but an invasive weed – water hyacinth – that is turning her hopes into reality. The 32-year-old’s family was dependent on farming and odd […]

With its honeycake-coloured layers of off-white, yellow, ochre, red and brown, the cliffs of Varkala in northern Thiruvananthapuram attract tourists from across the world starting November. This year, local conservationists are on a mission to save these ancient rock formations exposed to recent torrential rains, high waves, coastal erosion, and damage from infrastructure development measures.

The primary agenda of the UN climate summit in Baku that started today can be summed up in just one word: finance. Unless arrangements are made this year for climate finance, the poor and vulnerable worldwide will continue to suffer the most and the planet will keep becoming unbearably hot.

With plans to install 100 GW of solar energy by 2030, India has positioned solar energy at the centre of its strategy to mitigate climate change. However, changing weather and high pollution will reduce the efficacy of solar photovoltaics (SPV) in the future, according to a new study published in

Countries at COP29, organised in Baku, Azerbaijan, managed to make a breakthrough in finalising rules related to Article 6 of the Paris Agreement, which addresses carbon trading. However, concerns over transparency and environmental safeguards continue.

Unilateral trade measures (UTM), or actions taken by countries to restrict or alter trade practices based on environmental standards, are gaining momentum in climate negotiations, as seen in COP29 in Baku.

In October, India surpassed 200 GW of renewable energy capacity , accounting for 46.3% of the country's electricity generation. It marks a significant milestone, which pushes the world's third-largest greenhouse gas emitter closer to its commitment to generate 500 GW from non-fossil fuel sources by 2030.

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has built a Methane Alert and Response System (MARS), which captures data from methane-detecting satellites and releases alerts for countries and companies about methane leakage. It expects the entity to plug the leak after receiving the alert. The IMEO has