Dismantling green colonialism : energy and climate justice in the Arab region /
edited by Hamza Hamouchene and Katie Sandwell.
Bok · Engelsk · 2023
| Omfang | xv, 299 pages : : illustrations ;
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| Opplysninger | "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. - 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. - 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. - "The Arab region is a focus of world politics, with authoritarian regimes, significant fossil fuel reserves and histories of colonialism and imperialism. It is also the site of potentially immense green energy resources.The writers in this collection explore a region ripe for energy transition, but held back by resource-grabbing and (neo)colonial agendas. They show the importance of fighting for a just energy transition and climate justice - exposing policies and practices that protect global and local political elites, multinational corporations and military regimes.Covering a wide range of countries from Morocco, Western Sahara, Algeria and Tunisia to Egypt, Sudan, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Palestine, this book challenges Eurocentrism and highlights instead a class-conscious approach to climate justice that is necessary for our survival."-- Quatrième de couverture.. - Questioning energy transition in the Arab region using a climate justice lens.
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| ISBN | 0745349218. - 9780745349213
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