From Cement to Solar: Scenes from a Moroccan Anthropocene

At first glance, cement and solar energy appear to occupy opposing ends of the spectrum in contemporary discussions of climate change and environmental engineering. While the former generates around eight percent of global carbon emissions annually, the latter embodies a kind of techno-utopian solution, not only for the production of green energy but also for the promotion of economic development in many of the regions that will be most critically impacted by climate change ....