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The Promoting Access to Carbon Equity (PACE) Centre is a South African based non-profit organization, focused on facilitating emission reduction projects in Southern Africa to help reduce poverty. Read more about becoming a carbon role-player with our organization.

   
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SA aims to complete climate change policy by year-end
22-Jan-2010

South Africa's Department of Environmental Affairs on Thursday expressed a "firm intent" to complete the country's national climate change policy white paper by the end of 2010.

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UK emissions cuts 'meaningless' without global deal, warn MPs
12-Jan-2010

The UK must nevertheless cut emissions to prove it is serious about an agreement, says the environmental audit committee.

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Sun, wind and wave-powered: Europe unites to build renewable energy 'supergrid'
05-Jan-2010

• North Sea countries plan vast clean energy project
• €30bn scheme could offer weather-proof supply

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Better to have no deal at Copenhagen than one that spells catastrophe
18-Dec-2009

The only offer on the table in Copenhagen would condemn the developing world to poverty and suffering in perpetuity

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SA announces emissions target as climate talks start
17-Dec-2009

While South Africa would continue to increase its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions until 2020, it would do so at a lesser rate - provided financial, technological, and capacity building assistance was forthcoming from developed nations, said the Presidency

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Accountants call for global standard on climate reporting
17-Dec-2009

As the United Nations Climate Change Conference continues in Copenhagen, accounting bodies around the world agreed that a single set of global reporting standards on climate change was needed.

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Welbedacht - Low Income, Energy Efficient Housing & Climate Change Project
Projects seeking investors
This project supports the installation of solar water heaters, compact fluorescent lighting, a cooking option using LP Gas, solar cookers and/or gelfuel, and electricity generation for households in Welbedacht,

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Umdoni Gel-fuel Low Income Housing Project
Projects seeking investors
The project sees the distribution of 4000 energy-efficient cooking stoves which will be powered by the use of bio-ethanol gel. As a result, the carbon emissions that are commonly released from the use of paraffin and firewood by Umdoni low-income

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