Water Resources and climate change in MENA region

WSF Belem 2009. Panel “Ecological debt and common goods:for the peoples’ recovery of control over natural resources”

Water Resources and climate change in MENA region

4 March 2009 by Jawad Moustakbal

WSF Belem 2009. Intervention of Jawad Moustakbal (ATTAC / CADTM Maroc ) during the panel “Ecological debt and common goods Common goods In economics, common goods are characterized by being collectively owned, as opposed to either privately or publicly owned. In philosophy, the term denotes what is shared by the members of one community, whether a town or indeed all humanity, from a juridical, political or moral standpoint. : for the peoples’ recovery of control over natural resources”

Author

Jawad Moustakbal

Attac/Cadtm Morocco.

Jawad Moustakbal is the country coordinator in Morocco for the International Honors Programme: “Climate Change: The Politics of Food, Water, and Energy” at the School of International Training (SIT) in Vermont, USA. He has worked as a project manager for several companies including OCP, the Moroccan State phosphates company. Jawad is also an activist for social and climate justice, he is member of the national secretariat of ATTAC/CADTM Morocco, and a member of the shared secretariat of the international Committee for the Abolition of Illegitimate Debts. He holds a degree in Civil Engineering from EHTP in Casablanca.