Publications

CARPO Sustainability Series

This series aims to contribute to the slowly growing yet still fairly marginal research on sustainability in the MENA region. It will therefore publish analyses in the form of CARPO Briefs, Reports, or Studies by academics or practitioners from various fields to provide multidisciplinary insights into key topics of sustainability.

13 Report 04.09.2024 (CARPO Sustainablity Series)

Urbanism in Flux

Smart and Sustainable Cities as Spaces for Regional Cooperation in West Asia and the Arabian Peninsula

by Sina Winkel and Sebastian Sons

Cities generate 75% of global CO₂ emissions from energy use, with rapid urbanization projected in West Asia and the Arabian Peninsula, particularly in the GCC countries. Urbanization poses challenges like housing shortages, congestion, pollution and …

24 Brief 29.11.2023 (CARPO Sustainablity Series)

The ‘Climate-Energy-Health Nexus’

An Entry-Point for Environmental Cooperation in West Asia and the Arabian Peninsula

von Sina Winkel und Sebastian Sons

Based on insights obtained through the Tafahum wa Tabadul project, the authors discuss how recent geopolitical dynamics in West Asia and the Arabian Peninsula may pave the way towards cross-border environmental engagement on an inclusive political, …

12 Report 31.08.2023 (CARPO Sustainablity Series)

Energy Injustice and Its Role for Environmental Peacebuilding

Evidence from Hadhramawt Governorate, Yemen

by Ahmad Al-Wadaey, Tobias Zumbrägel and Ali Alamudi

This Report discusses the crucial but understudied impact of oil extraction industries on local communities and the environment in Yemen’s Hadhramawt governorate. By combining conceptual approaches of energy justice and the environmental …

09 Report 09.03.2022 (CARPO Sustainablity Series)

The Role of the Environment in Peacebuilding in Yemen
von Bilkis Zabara und Tobias Zumbrägel

This Report addresses the relationship between violent conflict and environmental governance in Yemen. It translates the concept of environmental peacebuilding to the case of Yemen, where it has not received broader attention in terms of …

21 Brief 07.12.2021 (CARPO Sustainablity Series)

The Disaster of Yemen’s Flash Floods.

Impact of and Local Responses to the Torrential Rains and Flooding in 2020
von Khalid al-Akwa und Tobias Zumbrägel

Between March and September 2020, and again in May through July 2021, Yemen experienced periods of torrential rain that resulted in flash flooding. Flash floods are and will continue to be a recurrent natural phenomenon with destructive consequences …

20 Brief 20.01.2021 (CARPO Sustainablity Series)

Post COVID-19: A Potential for Green Recovery in the Arab Gulf States
von Aisha Al-Sarihi

The novel coronavirus pandemic has disrupted the GCC’s focus on environmental sustainability projects, as shoring up economies and protecting human health have become top priorities for governmental countermeasures. This Brief argues that …

09 Study 17.06.2020 (CARPO Sustainablity Series)

The Looming Climate Peril

Sustainable Strategies and Environmental Activism in the Middle East and North Africa
von Tobias Zumbrägel

Taking the viewpoint of ‘political ecology’, this first issue of the newly created CARPO Sustainability Series highlights the social and political implications of sustainable transformation across the broader Middle East and North Africa (MENA) …