Scientist: Prajal Pradhan

Prajal Pradhan profileDr Prajal Pradhan is an assistant professor at the University of Groningen and a visiting senior scientist at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research. He was the lead author of the IPCC Special Report on Climate Change and Land and a contributing author to IPCC WG II and III reports. He is an expert in climate change, food systems, and sustainable development goals.

woman is scraping food leftovers

Turning the tables on EU food waste

Millions of tonnes of food are wasted in the EU each year. This means that food systems are causing damage to the climate and environment without even fulfilling their function of nourishing people. Adopting holistic approaches promoting greater circularity and behavioural shifts is essential to cut the waste. One thing many European countries share is ...

Prajal Pradhan interview: woman is scraping food leftovers

Prajal Pradhan on food loss and waste: ‘Our current food systems are broken’

Dr Prajal Pradhan is an expert in climate change, food systems, and sustainable development goals. He is an assistant professor at the University of Groningen (the Netherlands) and a visiting senior scientist at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (Germany). You were a lead author of the IPCC Special Report on Climate Change and ...

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