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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
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