Chiranjeevi Kulkarni
Chiranjeevi Kulkarni is an environment journalist and special correspondent at Deccan Herald who focuses on how climate, forests and environmental governance translate into concrete impacts on people and landscapes. His reporting concentrates on forests, climate change, development, sustainability and policy, with a consistent emphasis on accountability and evidence from scientific studies and official records. Across his recent work, he links high-level environmental decisions to everyday consequences, particularly for vulnerable communities and contested spaces.
Environment, climate and the human impact
Kulkarni’s climate coverage centres on how warming temperatures, rising seas and extreme weather reshape lives and infrastructure rather than treating climate change as an abstract phenomenon. In a piece on India’s coastline and the climate crisis, he highlights projections that coastal regions will bear heavy impacts within about 15 years, grounding the story in scientific assessment while drawing out long-term risks. His reporting on extreme heat documents how apathy from authorities deepens the suffering of marginalised communities, showing heat as a social and governance issue as much as a meteorological one.
In another article on calls for a disaster management authority amid extreme heat and climate change in a major city zone, he connects climate stress with institutional gaps and response capacity.
He also covers research on carbon pricing and emissions, such as a study warning that paying to pollute could become cheaper than cutting emissions, framing climate policy through economic incentives and loopholes. His climate work consistently combines data from studies, quotes from officials and the experiences of affected residents to show who carries the burden of environmental risk.
Forests, wildlife and contested land
Forests and land conflicts form a second major strand in Kulkarni’s work, where he tracks how extraction, infrastructure and encroachment intersect with conservation mandates. He has reported on approvals to divert more than 47 acres of forest land in Ballari to a state mining corporation despite pending dues, using that case to illuminate how financial and regulatory issues shape forest clearance decisions. In his coverage of the Sharavathi hydropower project, he follows the scaling down of planned tree felling from 16,000 to 6,300, treating changes in project scope as a test of how public pressure and scrutiny can influence ecological outcomes.
Wildlife conservation appears through stories such as a report calling for scientific assessment of the sloth bear population in India, where he foregrounds the need for data-driven management of a specific species. He also covers poaching and illegal arms, detailing plans for a crackdown on weapons fuelling poaching and situating enforcement as a crucial part of protecting forests and fauna. Land disputes around a major industrial undertaking recur across several pieces, including coverage of a forest department order on a land plot, fresh rows over alleged sale of revenue land, and political allegations around an “illegal” sale of that land, indicating his sustained attention to how land classification, sale and control affect both ecology and public interest.
His long-form interview with the forest, ecology and environment minister explores clearing encroachments and broader forest governance challenges, showing his interest in pressing policymakers directly on contested terrain and institutional priorities.
Pollution, regulation and environmental governance
Pollution and regulatory performance are another recurring focus, where Kulkarni examines how institutions respond to environmental degradation and fraud.
His coverage of a plastic recycling scam documents plans by the state pollution control board to initiate inquiries against officers, treating waste management not only as a technical challenge but as a space vulnerable to corruption and regulatory failure. He reports on a study calling for regional cooperation to tackle air pollution in south India, using research findings to argue that air quality problems cross administrative boundaries and require coordinated action rather than isolated measures. The emissions pricing study he covers about paying to pollute becoming cheaper than reducing emissions fits the same pattern: he interrogates systems designed to control pollution and highlights where they fall short or create perverse incentives.
Across these pieces, environmental governance is presented as a web of policies, agencies, enforcement mechanisms and loopholes that directly determine pollution outcomes.
Interviews, studies and evidence-led reporting
Kulkarni’s work is marked by a reliance on structured interviews and formal studies, which he uses to anchor his stories in verifiable evidence.
In the Tuesday Interview with the forest, ecology and environment minister, he uses the format to probe priorities such as clearing encroachments and strengthening the forest department, turning a personality interview into a detailed examination of policy direction. Articles based on scientific and policy studies are a regular part of his output: he distils complex findings about coastline vulnerability to the climate crisis, regional air pollution burdens and wildlife population assessment into accessible narratives without losing nuance. His reporting on extreme heat gives space to commissioners and officials discussing disaster management needs, but balances their perspectives with on-the-ground accounts of suffering among marginalised groups. Whether covering scams in plastic recycling, decisions on forest diversion or the design of carbon markets, he consistently situates quotes from authorities within documented evidence from reports and regulatory records, making his coverage useful for understanding both what is being said and what the data shows.
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