Welcome to the Promoting Access to Carbon Equity (PACE) website - the online home of the PACE centre and the Credible Carbon registry. On this website you can find out about our services, and purchase voluntary market carbon credits from poverty alleviating projects in Africa.

PACE centre services

PACE was established in 2004. Since then we have explored various ways of making the global carbon market work in Africa - and particularly to work for poor people in Africa.  In the past we supported projects by writing PINs and PDDs. Our recent efforts have been in the creation of local carbon markets and the creation of the Credible Carbon Registry. The Registry, the first of its kind in Africa, seeks to structurally alter the way in which poverty alleviating projects are brought to the market. The registry exists for project benefit, not for its own benefit and provides a transparent, accountable and low transaction cost method of returning carbon revenue to community based renewable energy and energy efficiency projects.

In 2011 we sold over 11,000 tCO2 and returned more than R700,000 in carbon revenue to poverty alleviating projects in southern Africa. While Credible Carbon remains a boutique registry, and PACE remains focused on high quality poverty alleviating carbon projects, our approach is based on a deep understanding of the global carbon market and its potential failings.

Having found a reliable and affordable means of linking small poeverty alleviating projects to carbon market, the focus for PACE is on expanding its project portfolio.

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Just back from COP17. An impressive event both in terms of scale and content. Not confident about a legally binding, fair and urgent agreement but more hope than a week ago. Impressive none the less to see how many committed people are working on a range of inspiring issues.

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Credible Carbon is a seperate legal entity. By ensuring that  projects comply with strict standards on greenhouse gas reductions and povery alleviation and by accounting for every credit lodged and sold from a variety of projects, Credible Carbon performs the role of a boutique African carbon registry.

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