Dismantling Green Colonialism : : Energy and Climate Justice in the Arab Region / / edited by Hamza Hamouchene and Katie Sandwell.
Questioning energy transition in the Arab region using a climate justice lens.
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Place / Publishing House: | London, England : : Pluto Press,, [2023] ©2023 |
Year of Publication: | 2023 |
Edition: | First edition. |
Language: | English |
Physical Description: | 1 online resource (269 pages) |
Notes: | Includes index. |
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505 | 0 | |a Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Tables and Figures -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Introduction: Just in Time - The Urgent Need for a Just Transition in the Arab Region -- North Africa and West Asia as a key node in global fossil capitalism -- The colonial gaze and environmental orientalism -- What is "just transition"? -- Why this book? Why now? -- Summary of the book's chapters -- In guise of a conclusion -- Part I: Energy colonialism, unequal exchange and green extractivism -- 1. The Energy Transition in North Africa: Neocolonialism Again! -- "Green colonialism" and "green grabbing" -- Energy transition, dispossession and grabbing in Morocco -- Green colonialism and occupation in Western Sahara -- Which energy transition in Algeria? Drill baby drill! -- Privatization of energy for export -- Hydrogen: the new energy frontier in Africa -- Desertec 3.0 - or jumping on the green hydrogen bandwagon -- Conclusion -- 2. An Unjust Transition: Energy, Colonialism and Extractivism in Occupied Western Sahara -- A brief history of the Western Sahara conflict -- Extractivism in occupied Western Sahara -- Powering the occupation: how energy does diplomatic work for the Moroccan regime -- Powering oppression: Saharawi perspectives of the energy system in occupied Western Sahara -- What would a Saharawi-led "just transition" look like? Inspiration and questions from the camps -- Conclusion -- 3. Arab-Israeli Eco-Normalization: Greenwashing Settler Colonialism in Palestine and the Jawlan -- Eco-normalization projects -- Prosperity Blue: Israel quenches parched Jordan -- Eco-normalization: a violent onslaught on the Palestinians' right to self-determination -- Eco-sumud: A vision for a just transition in Palestine -- Conclusion. | |
505 | 8 | |a 4. What Can an Old Mine Tell Us about a Just Energy Transition? Lessons from Social Mobilization across Mining and Renewable Energy in Morocco -- A just transition in Morocco -- Diverse forms of extraction in southeastern Morocco -- Similar actors and financial interests in conventional extraction and renewable energy -- Land conflict and resource politics in the legal and bureaucratic context -- Why taxes matter, or an argument for reparations -- Social mobilization and shared political claims across extraction and renewable energy -- Conclusion -- 5. Towards a Just Agricultural Transition in North Africa -- Agricultural policy transformations in North Africa -- Agroecological and regenerative agriculture as vehicles for a just transition in North Africa -- Conclusion -- 6. The Electricity Crisis in Sudan: Between Quick Fixes and Opportunities for a Sustainable Energy Transition -- The crisis -- Supply -- Consumption -- The World Bank report -- Conclusion -- Part II: Neoliberal adjustments, privatisation of energy and the role of international financial institutions -- 7. International Finance and the Commodification of Electricity in Egypt -- After decades of prevarication, liberalization -- The origins and development of liberalization -- Outcomes of opening up to external finance -- The social impacts of electricity liberalization -- Conclusion -- 8. The Energy Sector in Jordan: Crises Caused by Dysfunctional and Unjust Policies -- Before the gas stoppage crisis -- After the crisis -- The future of the energy sector in Jordan -- 9. Renewable Energy in Tunisia: An Unjust Transition -- The renewable energy law: a turning point in Tunisia's energy transition -- Impacts of the current energy transition: a fair shift for Tunisia's development and people's rights? -- Conclusion -- 10. The Moroccan Energy Sector: A Permanent Dependence. | |
505 | 8 | |a The energy sector: from colonial control to neoliberal measures -- Renewable energy in Morocco: a "green" neoliberalism -- Energy governance in Morocco -- Some avenues for a just energy transition in Morocco -- Part III: Fossil capitalism and challenges to a just transition -- 11. A Transition to Where? The Gulf Arab States and the New "East-East" Axis of World Oil -- From the Seven Sisters to OPEC -- China, world oil and the Gulf's political economy -- Refining and petrochemicals -- New "East-East" interdependencies -- Confronting the climate emergency: Taking the Middle East seriously -- 12. The Challenges of the Energy Transition in Fossil Fuel Exporting Countries: The Case of Algeria -- The need for an energy transition in Algeria -- Algeria's climate and energy policy -- The renewable energy sector in Algeria -- Challenges of and barriers to the energy transition in Algeria -- Algeria's urgent need for a just energy transition -- Conclusion -- 13. Unjust transitions: The Gulf States' Role in the "Sustainability Shift" in the Middle East and North Africa -- A green energy shift in the Gulf? -- A new market -- A region of inequality -- The Gulf and the just transition -- About the Contributors -- Index. | |
520 | |a Questioning energy transition in the Arab region using a climate justice lens. | ||
588 | |a Description based on print version record. | ||
500 | |a Includes index. | ||
650 | 0 | |a Energy policy. | |
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700 | 1 | |a Sandwell, Katie, |e editor. | |
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