Resources
A curated collection of research, reports, and media on climate, waste, and governance in Palestine.
Natural Resources and Political Economy
Online Article
Waste Crisis Deepens Misery as Gaza War Rages
Hatem Khalid
Liberation, Reconstruction and Just Futures
Report
Country Report on Solid Waste Management
Liberation, Reconstruction and Just Futures
Online Article
Meet Palestine’s Five Latest Green Start-ups
Decolonising Legal Frameworks and Global Governance
Journal Article
The Politics of Verticality
Eyal Weizman
Decolonising Legal Frameworks and Global Governance
Book
The Palestine Laboratory: How Israel Exports the Technology of Occupation
Antony Loewenstein
Decolonising Legal Frameworks and Global Governance
Book
Towers of Ivory and Steel: How Israeli Universities Deny Palestinian Freedom
Maya Wind
Decolonising Legal Frameworks and Global Governance
Report
Israeli Practices towards the Palestinian People and the Question of Apartheid
UN ESCWA (Richard Falk & Virginia Tilley)
Decolonising Legal Frameworks and Global Governance
Book
The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917–2017
Rashid Khalidi
Decolonising Legal Frameworks and Global Governance
Chapter
Justice for Some: Law and the Question of Palestine (Chapter 1: Colonial Erasures)
Stanford University Press
2019
Noura Erakat
Natural Resources and Political Economy
Journal Article
The Gaza Strip: A Case of Economic De-Development
Journal of Palestine Studies
1995
Sara Roy
Natural Resources and Political Economy
Journal Article
The Impact of Climate Change on Crop Yield in Palestine
Climate Change Economics
2025
Sana J. Sous et al.
Natural Resources and Political Economy
Journal Article
The Slow Violence of Israeli Settler-Colonialism and the Political Ecology of Ethnic Cleansing in the West Bank
Settler Colonial Studies
2021
Amira, Saad
Natural Resources and Political Economy
News Article
For Most Gazans, Their Days Consist of Queuing for Water
Le Monde
Natural Resources and Political Economy
Report
National Water Policy for Palestine
Palestinian Water Authority
2013
Palestinian Water Authority
Natural Resources and Political Economy
Online Article
Solid Waste Crisis in Gaza
UNDP
Natural Resources and Political Economy
Book
What is Critical Environmental Justice?
David Naguib Pellow
Natural Resources and Political Economy
Book
Climate Landscape Analysis for Children In the State of Palestine
UNICEF SoP
Natural Resources and Political Economy
Video
Palestine, une terre privée de son eau
CNCD.11.11.11
Energy Geopolitics, Imperialism and Governance
Report
Palestinian Climate Change Adaptation Strategy
UNDP, Palestinian Authority
Natural Resources and Political Economy
Journal Article
The slow violence of Israeli settler-colonialism and the political ecology of ethnic cleansing in the West Bank
Settler Colonial Studies
2021
Saad Amira
Natural Resources and Political Economy
Journal Article
Settler colonialism and ecocide: case study of Al-Khader, Palestine
Settler Colonial Studies
2019
D.A. Jaber
Natural Resources and Political Economy
Journal Article
The geographies of political ecology: after Edward Said
Environment and Planning A
2024
Joel Wainwright
Natural Resources and Political Economy
Journal Article
‘That’s the beauty of it, it’s very simple!’ Animal rights and settler colonialism in Palestine–Israel
Settler Colonial Studies
2018
Esther Alloun
Natural Resources and Political Economy
Book
Divided Environments: An International Political Ecology of Climate Change, Water and Security
Cambridge University Press
2022
Jan Selby, Gabrielle Daoust, Clemens Hoffmann
Natural Resources and Political Economy
Report
Political Ecology and the Social Solidarity Economies within the Power Matrix in Rural Palestine
Center for Development Studies
2022
Imad Sayrafi
Natural Resources and Political Economy
Journal Article
Politics, powers and the environment in Palestine
Mazin Qumsiyeh, Issa Albaradeyia
Energy Geopolitics, Imperialism and Governance
Report
Clean Energy for Human Security in the State of Palestine
Benjamin Basmaci
Energy Geopolitics, Imperialism and Governance
Online Article
Towards a Resilient Energy Sector in the State of Palestine
Motaz Dawabsheh
Energy Geopolitics, Imperialism and Governance
Video
Jason Hickel: Why a Liberated Palestine Threatens Global Capitalism
Transnational Institute
2024
Energy Geopolitics, Imperialism and Governance
Video
A World Made of Oil w/ Adam Hanieh
Adam Hanieh
Energy Geopolitics, Imperialism and Governance
Journal Article
Energy policy for energy sovereignty: Can policy tools enhance energy sovereignty?
Chelsea Schelly et al.
Energy Geopolitics, Imperialism and Governance
Video
Adam Hanieh on oil, Palestine and petrochemicals
Adam Hanieh
Energy Geopolitics, Imperialism and Governance
Book
Resisting Erasure: Capital, Imperialism and Race in Palestine
Adam Hanieh, Robert Knox and Rafeef Ziadah
Energy Geopolitics, Imperialism and Governance
Journal Article
The occupation of Palestine is at the heart of the imperial project
Wael Mustafa al Hersh
Liberation, Reconstruction and Just Futures
News Article
State of Palestine Ramps Up Efforts to Improve Waste Management
UNEP
Natural Resources and Political Economy
News Article
Making the Invisible Visible: Slow Violence, Mental Health and Resilience in Gaza
UCL Development Planning Unit
Natural Resources and Political Economy
Journal Article
Fifty years of occupation have driven the Palestinian economy into de-development and poverty
UN Trade and Development
2017
UN Trade and Development
Natural Resources and Political Economy
Report
Water Policy Brief: Palestine
Global Water Partnership
2024
Global Water Partnership
Energy Geopolitics, Imperialism and Governance
Report
War on Gaza: Weaponizing access to water, energy and food
Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA)
2023
Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA)
Liberation, Reconstruction and Just Futures
News Article
Greening the Palestinian Economy: Team Europe Launches Joint Initiatives to Support Green Growth
Office of the European Union Representative (West Bank and Gaza Strip, UNRWA)
Liberation, Reconstruction and Just Futures
Journal Article
Recognizing and Resisting Slow Violence in Palestine
Mondoweiss
Liberation, Reconstruction and Just Futures
Online Article
Women's Role in Waste Management
YWCA Palestine
Liberation, Reconstruction and Just Futures
Book
Worldmaking After Empire: The Rise and Fall of Self-Determination
Princeton University Press
2020
Adom Getachew
Liberation, Reconstruction and Just Futures
News Article
A Template for Palestine: For a Postwar, Two-State Future
Adam Ciralsky
Liberation, Reconstruction and Just Futures
Journal Article
Sustainable Waste Solutions in Palestine
Majed Ibrahim Al-Sari, A. K. Haritash
Liberation, Reconstruction and Just Futures
Report
Waste Overview in Palestine
Joint Service Council for Solid Waste Management
JSC Ramallah & Al-Bireh
Liberation, Reconstruction and Just Futures
Online Article
Community Entrepreneurship Combating Climate Change
ActionAid Palestine
Liberation, Reconstruction and Just Futures
Report
World Environment Day Press Release
Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
2023
Liberation, Reconstruction and Just Futures
Online Article
Environmental Efforts in Palestine
Palestine News Network
2022
Liberation, Reconstruction and Just Futures
Chapter
Challenges of Waste Management in Palestine
Eyad Yaqob
Liberation, Reconstruction and Just Futures
Online Article
Palestinians Make Recycling a Habit with New Eco-Initiatives
Sally Ibrahim
Decolonising Legal Frameworks and Global Governance
Report
State of Palestine Country Programme
Green Climate Fund
Decolonising Legal Frameworks and Global Governance
Report
Climate Finance in the Palestinian Context
Environment Quality Authority, Palestinian Authority
2020
Hadeel Hisham
Decolonising Legal Frameworks and Global Governance
Journal Article
Environmental Apartheid in Palestine
Institute for Middle East Understanding
2022
Institute for Middle East Understanding
Decolonising Legal Frameworks and Global Governance
Journal Article
Implications of Shifts in the Israeli Water Discourse
Eran Feitelson
Decolonising Legal Frameworks and Global Governance
Journal Article
Infrastructure, Environment, and Health in Palestine
Institute for Palestine Studies
2022
Sophia Stamatopoulou-Robbins
Decolonising Legal Frameworks and Global Governance
News Article
‘Ecocide in Gaza’: does scale of environmental destruction amount to a war crime?
Kaamil Ahmed, Damien Gayle, Aseel Mousa
Decolonising Legal Frameworks and Global Governance
Report
Fact Sheet on Environment in Palestine
FAO, UN-Habitat, UNDP, UNICEF, UNESCO, WFP
2022
United Nations Palestine
Decolonising Legal Frameworks and Global Governance
Chapter
Palestine at Bandung: The Longwinded Start of a Reimagined International Law
Cambridge University Press
2017
Nahed Samour
Decolonising Legal Frameworks and Global Governance
Report
Reflections on the Binding Treaty Process: War Economies & Voices from the Global South
Business & Human Rights Resource Centre
2023
Shahd Hammouri & Wesam Ahmad
Decolonising Legal Frameworks and Global Governance
News Article
Imperialism’s Shell Game
Darryl Li
Decolonising Legal Frameworks and Global Governance
Report
Anatomy of a Genocide: Report of the Special Rapporteur
United Nations Human Rights Council
2024
Francesca Albanese
Decolonising Legal Frameworks and Global Governance
News Article
South Africa’s Genocide Case is a Devastaling Indictment of Israel’s War on Gaza
Noura Erakat & John Reynolds
Decolonising Legal Frameworks and Global Governance
Report
UNRWA and Palestine Refugee Rights: New Assaults, New Challenges
Institute for Palestine Studies
2020
Francesca Albanese
Decolonising Legal Frameworks and Global Governance
News Article
Occupation Law and One-State Reality
Darryl Li
Decolonising Legal Frameworks and Global Governance
Journal Article
We Charge Apartheid? Palestine and the International Criminal Court
Noura Erakat & John Reynolds
Decolonising Legal Frameworks and Global Governance
Journal Article
Toward Nakba as a Legal Concept
Rabea Eghbariah
Natural Resources and Political Economy
Blog
Planting Hope – urban gardening in climate-vulnerable Palestinian refugee camps
Hamdi Hato, Brian Crann
2022
Cascades
Natural Resources and Political Economy
News Article
In Palestine, an Asphyxiated Economy from Gaza to the West Bank
Le Monde
Natural Resources and Political Economy
Journal Article
Water Injustice in Palestine
Friends of the Earth International
Natural Resources and Political Economy
Journal Article
Beyond Survival: The WASH Crisis in Gaza
Institute for Palestine Studies
2024
Reem T. Abu Shomar
Natural Resources and Political Economy
Journal Article
Palestinian Water: From Control to Annexation
Institute for Palestine Studies
2021
Abdel Rahman Tamimi
Natural Resources and Political Economy
News Article
A silent threat: Gaza’s struggle with solid waste management
ReliefWeb
Natural Resources and Political Economy
Journal Article
Water Management in Palestine
Fanack Water
Natural Resources and Political Economy
Journal Article
Solid Waste Management Studies in Palestine
Dalia Saadeh, Issam A. Al-Khatib, Fathi M. Anayah
Natural Resources and Political Economy
Report
Palestine: Solid Waste Management Under Occupation
Heinrich Böll Stiftung (Palestine and Jordan)
2020
Nidal Atallah
Natural Resources and Political Economy
Online Article
The Effects of Waste on Palestinians’ Health and Environment
Marta Castillo
Natural Resources and Political Economy
Report
Health and Climate Change: Country Profile 2021: Occupied Palestinian Territory
WHO/EMRO/UNFCCC
Natural Resources and Political Economy
Journal Article
A fairly good crop for white men: The political ecology of agricultural science and settler colonialism between the US and Palestine
Journal of Political Ecology
2024
Gabi Kirk
Natural Resources and Political Economy
Blog
Roots of the Olive Tree: Poetry and political ecology in Palestine
Chhavi Mathur
Natural Resources and Political Economy
Report
Environmental Nakba: Environmental injustice and violations of the Israeli occupation of Palestine
Friends of the Earth International
2013
Abeer Al Butmah, Bobby Peek, Eurig Scandrett
Natural Resources and Political Economy
Book
Capitalist Colonial: Thai Migrant Workers in Israeli Agriculture
Stanford University Press
2024
Matan Kaminer
Natural Resources and Political Economy
Book
The Question of Palestine
Edward W. Said
Natural Resources and Political Economy
Blog
The Ecocide of Palestine
Women's International League for Peace & Freedom
2024
Vanessa Farr
Energy Geopolitics, Imperialism and Governance
Online Article
Launching SUNREF II Palestine Program to Support Energy Efficiency Projects
Proparco
Energy Geopolitics, Imperialism and Governance
Online Article
Engaging private sector participation in green financing
European Investment Bank
2022
European Investment Bank
Energy Geopolitics, Imperialism and Governance
Report
National Urban Policy for Palestine
UN Habitat, Palestinian Authority
Energy Geopolitics, Imperialism and Governance
Journal Article
Israel-Palestine: Water Sharing Conflict
Climate Diplomacy
Energy Geopolitics, Imperialism and Governance
Journal Article
Adapting to Climate Change in a Politically Complex Environment: Agricultural and Food Security Resilience Strategies in Hebron Governorate, Palestine
E. Appiah-Kusi & S. Al-Madbouh
Energy Geopolitics, Imperialism and Governance
Journal Article
Israel’s problematic role in perpetuating water insecurity for Palestine
Atlantic Council
Energy Geopolitics, Imperialism and Governance
Online Article
Palestine’s Energy Transformation
Madeleine Race (FOEI)
Energy Geopolitics, Imperialism and Governance
Online Article
Renewable Energy in Palestine
Jack Thayer
Energy Geopolitics, Imperialism and Governance
Online Article
Geopolitics of Genocide
Transnational Institute
2025
Rafeef Ziadah
Energy Geopolitics, Imperialism and Governance
Online Article
Why The Fight For Palestine Is the Fight against U.S. Imperialism In The Region
Adam Hanieh
Energy Geopolitics, Imperialism and Governance
Online Article
Gas, Gaza, and Western Imperialism
Tara Alami
Energy Geopolitics, Imperialism and Governance
Online Article
Imperialism, Climate Crisis and Palestine Liberation
Hamza Hamouchene
Energy Geopolitics, Imperialism and Governance
Book
Crude Capitalism: Oil, Corporate Power, and The Making of the World Market
Adam Hanieh
Energy Geopolitics, Imperialism and Governance
Book
Dismantling Green Colonialism Energy and Climate Justice in the Arab Region
Transnational Institute
2023
Hamza Hamouchene et al.
Energy Geopolitics, Imperialism and Governance
Journal Article
Decolonial {R}evolution: Petrocracy and Geological Modernity from Detroit to Palestine and Back
Nicholas Mirzoeff
Energy Geopolitics, Imperialism and Governance
Online Article
Routes to Disruption—Supply Chain Sabotage and Israel’s War on Gaza
Middle East Research and Information Project
2024
Elia El-Khazen, Charlotte Rose