Dismantling Green Colonialism : Energy and Climate Justice in the Arab Region / edited by Hamza Hamouchene and Katie Sandwell.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hamouchène, Hamza, editor.

Sandwell, Katie, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Energy policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (269 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Dismantling Green Colonialism

Place of Publication:

Pluto Press

London, England : Pluto Press, [2023]

Summary:

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

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

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

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

6. The Electricity Crisis in Sudan: Between Quick Fixes and Opportunities for a Sustainable Energy Transition

The crisis

Supply

Consumption

The World Bank report

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

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?

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

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.

Notes:

Includes index.

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ISBN:

9780745349206

074534920X

9780745349190

0745349196

0-7453-4919-6

0-7453-4920-X