Sustainable development



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New Cities are Unsustainable - written by Yahia Shawkat

Published: 11 May 2015
Of Egypt’s built environment, New Cities are possibly the largest drain on the country's limited energy resources.  Since the seventies our government has been building massive cities in desert locations with the aim of diverting population growth there. However, thirty years and millions of tons of cement, steel and bitumen later, they are either vacant 'ghost towns' or inefficiently utilised. In this article we will look at some of the major inefficiencies and causes for energy concerns that New Cities bring up.
By Yahia Shawkat

Monetizing Nature: Taking Precaution on a Slippery Slope

Published: 30 October 2014
This article by Barbara Unmüßig was first published by the Great Transition Initiative online Forum. The Great Transition Initiative is an  forum of ideas and an international network for the critical exploration of concepts, strategies, and visions for a transition to a future of enriched lives, human solidarity, and a resilient biosphere. The HBS North Africa- Tunis Office decided to publish it in this section as a crontribution describing agruments on monetizing Nature debate worlwide.  


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Who benefits from Tunisia's Green Hydrogen Strategy?

Published: 17 March 2023
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Tunisia is currently developing a national strategy for the development of green hydrogen. While the global energy sector is being revamped, the “clean” fuel approach is often hailed as the flagship solution for the challenges of energy deficits and the decarbonization of the economy.
By Aida Delpuech


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Summer School 2018 – Citizen Participation and Urban Sustainable Development July 15-21, 2018

Published: 16 July 2018
The Summer School for this year is taking place from July 15th to July 21st in Tunis for the first time. The main objective of the Summer School is to address active change makers at the grassroots and civil society level within the field of urban sustainable development. The 21 participants, who are active change-makers at the grassroots and civil society level, come from 7 countries: Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt, Palestine, Jordan, Iraq, and Lebanon. During the Summer school, they will study the urban space, its importance and the different ways of how to be an active citizen and of creating interventions in the urban space through a rich and diverse program with several practical experiences.  For those who want to know more about the program of the Summer School for this year or to have some material, here is the link.

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