{"id":15873,"date":"2025-02-19T18:41:47","date_gmt":"2025-02-19T15:41:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/mena\/%d9%86%d8%ad%d9%88-%d8%a7%d9%86%d8%aa%d9%82%d8%a7%d9%84-%d8%a7%d9%82%d8%aa%d8%b5%d8%a7%d8%af%d9%8a-%d9%86%d8%b3%d9%88%d9%8a-%d8%b9%d8%a7%d8%af%d9%84-%d9%81%d9%8a-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%85%d8%ba%d8%b1%d8%a8\/"},"modified":"2025-03-05T15:36:33","modified_gmt":"2025-03-05T12:36:33","slug":"beyond-extractivism-towards-a-feminist-and-just-economic-transition-in-morocco-and-egypt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/mena\/en\/beyond-extractivism-towards-a-feminist-and-just-economic-transition-in-morocco-and-egypt\/","title":{"rendered":"Greenpeace warns in a report: European investments in energy and agriculture may worsen environmental and social harm in the Middle East and North Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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European investments in energy and agriculture in the region may worsen environmental and social harm. Thus reveals a new report by Greenpeace MENA and the MENAFem Movement for Economic, Development, and Ecological Justice.
The report reveals how European investments in Morocco and Egypt\u2019s oil, gas, renewable energy, green hydrogen, and agriculture sectors are reinforcing harmful extractivist relations by extracting resources to the Global North, with little value added to Global South economies.<\/em><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n

The report, titled “Beyond Extractivism: Towards a Feminist and Just Economic Transition in Morocco and Egypt\u201d, challenges the widely held belief that European investments create mutual benefits. Instead, it reveals how these investments in oil, gas, renewable energy, green hydrogen, and agriculture in Morocco and Egypt often perpetuate unfair resource exploitation, with wealth and benefits flowing to the Global North\u2014while contributing little to local economies. Rather than fostering sustainable development, these investments drain natural resources and exacerbate environmental degradation in the host countries.<\/p>\n\n

The report shows that the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region continues to rely on economic systems that deplete resources, increase debt, and exacerbate the climate crisis. Meanwhile, temperatures in the region are rising at twice the global average, leading to extreme climate events and water scarcity. Energy-importing countries, such as Egypt and Morocco, face an additional challenge: securing their energy supply while depending on imported fossil fuels and grappling with growing energy demand. <\/p>\n\n

Key findings from the report:<\/p>\n\n