Paper Title:
Rebuilding Syria on Brittle Ground: Why Environmental Justice Cannot Wait

Date:
17 June 2025

Publishers: 
LUGARIT + The New Arab

Authors: 
Omar Abdulaziz Hallaj + Nihad Alamiri

Summary:
Rebuilding Syria demands integrating environmental justice as a central pillar, not an afterthought. Environmental degradation has economic, ethical, and political consequences. Green recovery is a shared responsibility—and a strategic opportunity. Regulatory safeguards, community engagement, and sustainable investment practices must guide reconstruction to restore both state legitimacy and ecological resilience.

Link:
https://link.lugarit.com/PBvW

Photo: 
Children search for recyclable scraps amid heaps of garbage near the town of Qah, in northern Idlib near the Syrian-Turkish border. In the absence of basic services and livelihood opportunities, many families rely on informal waste collection to survive. 1 October 2020.  Photo © Muhammad al-Rifai/NurPhoto - via Alamy.


Rebuilding Syria on Brittle Ground: Why Environmental Justice Cannot Wait

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