Delegates, corporates and members of the public will be able to contribute by buying 'CEBA Credits' to offset their environmental impact associated with COP17/CMP 7. Funds generated were re-invested into the ecosystem restoration project at Paradise Valley, to offset the local carbon footprint of the event and to simultaneously generate the positive benefits of ecosystem restoration and job creation.
Each Ceba credit will cost about $10 (R80) and the money raised will be used for the official Ceba greening site along the Umbilo River catchment area. Unemployed people from the neighbouring communities will then be employed as ‘green collar’ workers to first remove alien plants and trees.
Part of the money will be used to plant indigenous trees along the Umbilo River, with the pilot reforestation site located at Paradise Valley, near Pinetown. The project is a community-centred climate adaptation model based on generating African solutions to climate change.