Announcements
CardZapp creates carbon innovation
An innovative new company, CardZapp, has just started offering a mobile app that sends e-business cards. Climate Africa have calculated the carbon, water and wood savings for each cardboard business card averted by customers who use the CardZapp app.
Somkhele mine measures carbon footprint
Congratulations to Somkhele Anthacite Mine for completing their carbon footprint calculation and achieving Level 1 of the Climate Standard certification system.
Climate Change Conference in Durban 2011
The Durban conference ended on Sunday with a last-ditch deal whereby developed and developing countries will for the first time work on an agreement that should be legally binding on all parties. The new agreement should be written by 2015 and come into force after 2020.
Australian Carbon Tax
After months of debate, Australia passed its controversial carbon tax legislation. The country’s intention to tax carbon emissions cleared its final barrier on 8 November, with the Senate voting 36 to 32 in favour of the tax.
SA carbon tax in 2012
Earlier in the year Climate Africa was part of the advisory team that made recommendations to the South African government regarding methods of structuring a carbon tax.
The South African government has received these recommendations and is currently in the process of finalising its carbon tax policy.
Our new website launch!
Welcome to our new look website! In fact, it's not just a new look, it's a new everything. We've adopted an improved content management system that will rank better with search engines (good news for those of you who've been thwarted by our less than spectacular Google rank.)
African Ascent Project measures carbon footprint
Well done to African Ascent Project for measuring their carbon footprint!
