Dismantling Green Colonialism : Energy and Climate Justice in the Arab Region

Dismantling Green Colonialism Energy and Climate Justice in the Arab Region

Questioning energy transition in the Arab region using a climate justice lens.

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Hamouchene, Hamza, editor (editor), Sandwell, Katie, editor
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London, England : Pluto Press [2023]
Edition:First edition
Subjects:
Energy policy.
See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009781219006719
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!
  • "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.
  • 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.
  • 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.

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