MdM Keynote Speaker Series: "Dismantling Green Colonialism: Energy and Climate Justice in the Arab Region", by Hamza Hamouchene
Event details
- Start: 14 May 2024 12:00
Hamza Hamouchene, from the Transnational Institute, will be giving a keynote talk on “Dismantling Green Colonialism: Energy and Climate Justice in the Arab Region”. You can also follow the event live by Zoom (link below).
MdM Keynote Speaker Series 2024
Title: “Dismantling Green Colonialism: Energy and Climate Justice in the Arab Region”
Speaker: Hamza Hamouchene, Transnational Institute
Date: Tuesday, 14th of May 2024
Time: from 12:00 to 13:00
Venue: Room Z/023 - Z/022 and Online: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85007679527?pwd=ZaT2bVODs4VJVQGbSmXL38SwSC1PTZ.1
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. Hamza Hamouchene will present the book "Dismantling Green Colonialism: Energy and Climate Justice in the Arab Region", where contributors 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, the book challenges Eurocentrism and highlights instead a class-conscious approach to climate justice that is necessary for our survival.
Hamza Hamouchene is a London-based Algerian researcher-activist, commentator and a founding member of Algeria Solidarity Campaign (ASC), Environmental Justice North Africa (EJNA) and Siyada Network for food sovereignty in the Arab region. He is currently the North Africa Programme Coordinator at the Transnational Institute (TNI). He previously worked for War on Want, Global Justice Now and Platform London on issues of extractivism, resources, land and food sovereignty as well as climate, environmental, and trade justice. He is the author/editor of four books: "Dismantling Green Colonialism: Energy and Climate Justice in the Arab Region" (2023), "The Arab Uprisings: A decade of struggles" (2022), “The Struggle for Energy Democracy in the Maghreb” (2017) and "The Coming Revolution to North Africa: The Struggle for Climate Justice" (2015).