Dismantling green colonialism energy and climate justice in the Arab region
Questioning energy transition in the Arab region using a climate justice lens
| Format: | eBook |
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| Language: | English |
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[S.l.]
Pluto Press
2023, 2023
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| Collection: | JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- 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!
- Eco-sumud: A vision for a just transition in Palestine
- Conclusion
- 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
- "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
- 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