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

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

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