The Robben Island Museum (RIM) currently has a fleet of four ferries to transport tourists to and from Robben Island; the Sikhululekile, the Susan Kruger, the Dias and the cargo ferry Blouberg. Sikhululekile, the newest ferry, was purchased in 2008.

The capture and storage of carbon dioxide (CCS) has been identified as one of the fundamental approaches to mitigating global climate change. The Council for Geoscience has been at the forefront of CCS innovation since 2010, and has produced an atlas on the geological storage of CO2 in South Africa.

The Fossil Fuel Foundation hosted a one-day conference with 11 presentations covering various economic aspects of gas development in South Africa, gas reserves in southern and eastern Africa, coal gasification, legislative and regulatory developments for gas exploration and production, and climate change.