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Carbon projects in Africa
Carbon-credit projects registered with Gold Standard, Verra, ACR, ART and Plan Vivo, from the Berkeley Voluntary Registry Offsets Database (v2026-08) with Gold Standard registry details. Every project can be opened for its full record, and each map point says how its location was established.
Projects
2,563
1,253 active · 758 in the pipeline
Credits issued
418,108,983
tonnes CO₂-equivalent, all vintages
Credits retired
233,409,680
56% of issued
Nature-based · blue carbon
365 · 30
507 projects have a mapped location
Where the projects are
Only projects with a verified location are drawn. Click a point for its details; every click zooms in.
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Point colour is the Carbon Projects theme. The Location column shows how accurate each point is: Project location is exact as published by the registry, Programme location is shared by several projects, Named place and Area centre are approximate.
Community involvement
1,330 of 2,563 projects describe who they work with
Read from each project's own description. Where the text does not say, Atlas says so instead of guessing; project design documents in the registry are the place to check consultation and benefit-sharing.
Credits issued by vintage year
Tonnes of CO₂-equivalent
Credits issued by project type
Largest types
| Project | Registry | Type | Status | Community | Issued | Retired | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GS1366 Micro Energy PoA VPA 4 Mogotio Improved Cookstoves Kenya GS3080 · Kenya · QK TS Pvt. Ltd. |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 4,937 | 4,937 | Project location |
| GS1340 - Efficient cookstoves in Burkina Faso – tiipaalga F3PA cooksto... GS10927 · Burkina Faso · Tiipaalga |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 4,836 | 0 | Country only |
| GS1247 VPA 287 - Burkina Faso Safe Water GS11083 · Burkina Faso · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 4,744 | 0 | Country only |
| GS1366 Micro Energy PoA VPA 3 Wema Improved Cookstoves Kenya GS3079 · Kenya · QK TS Pvt. Ltd. |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 4,665 | 4,665 | Project location |
| GS5047 VPA63 African Improved Cookstoves and Clean Water Programme: Ib... GS10994 · Rwanda · Likano Project Development GmbH |
Gold Standard | Bundled Energy Efficiency | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 4,215 | 4,201 | Country only |
| Crescendo Safe Water Supply GS12213 · Nigeria · CRESCENDO AFFORESTATION FOUNDATION |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
women +2 | 3,895 | 0 | Country only |
| GS1340 - Efficient cookstoves in Burkina Faso – tiipaalga F3PA cooksto... GS10928 · Burkina Faso · Tiipaalga |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 3,754 | 0 | Country only |
| Waste composting project in Madagascar GS11201 · Madagascar · GoodPlanet |
Gold Standard | Composting | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
smallholder or rural f... | 3,432 | 0 | Country only |
| CPA 041 – BioLite HomeStove in Kenya GS11195 · Kenya · BioLite Inc. |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 2,593 | 1,582 | Country only |
| GS1366 Micro Energy PoA VPA 2 West Cameroon Improved Cookstoves GS3071 · Cameroon · QK TS Pvt. Ltd. |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 2,493 | 2,493 | Project location |
| GS1340 - Efficient cookstoves in Burkina Faso – tiipaalga F3PA cooksto... GS11989 · Burkina Faso · Tiipaalga |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 2,199 | 0 | Country only |
| Mbaula za Makono Banja la thanzi (Improved cookstoves a healthy family... GS23186 · Malawi · Futures Inc. |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
women | 1,899 | 0 | Country only |
| VPA1 - Improved Charcoal Cookstove in Ashanti and Central Regions of G... GS12871 · Ghana · EcoLinks Co. Ltd |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 1,735 | 0 | Country only |
| GS1340 - Efficient cookstoves in Burkina Faso - Solidagro F3PA cooksto... GS11980 · Burkina Faso · CO2logic |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 1,441 | 1,412 | Country only |
| GS5047 VPA64 African Improved Cookstoves and Clean Water Programme: Ib... GS10995 · Rwanda · Likano Project Development GmbH |
Gold Standard | Bundled Energy Efficiency | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 1,357 | 1,357 | Country only |
| CPA 061 – Charcoal Stoves in Kenya GS11884 · Kenya · BioLite Inc. |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 1,214 | 0 | Country only |
| GS7591 VPA 45 Murang'a Improved Cookstove Project GS11188 · Kenya · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 1,091 | 1,091 | Country only |
| GS11677 GS11902 Malawi Biomass Energy Conservation Programme CPA 4 GS11904 · Malawi · Hestian Innovation |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 856 | 0 | Country only |
| Solar Power for Rural Villages in Mali GS11166 · Mali · atmosfair gGmbH |
Gold Standard | Solar - Distributed | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
local communities +1 | 689 | 0 | Country only |
| *SolarAid Microsolar Lanterns Project for Malawi GS393 · Malawi · Unknown Project Developer |
Gold Standard | Solar Lighting | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
local communities | 35 | 35 | Project location |
| GS834 Improved Cooking Stoves for Nigeria Programme of Activities GS834 · Nigeria · atmosfair gGmbH |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 0 | 0 | Project location |
| Solar Lighting in Rural Areas PoA GS911 · Ethiopia · myclimate Foundation |
Gold Standard | Solar Lighting | Certified design Gold Standard Certified Design |
households +1 | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| Kakuma Sustainable Energy Solutions GS924 · Kenya · Access 2 Carbon Markets/ e)mission |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | In the pipeline Listed |
households +1 | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| Improved Cook Stoves for East Africa (ICSEA) PoA GS973 · Uganda · Uganda Carbon Bureau |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Certified design Gold Standard Certified Design |
women | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| Iganga Improved Cook Stoves GS979 · Uganda · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | In the pipeline Listed |
households +1 | 0 | 0 | Project location |
About this data. Project lists, status and credit totals come from the Berkeley Carbon Trading Project's Voluntary Registry Offsets Database v2026-08 (CC BY 4.0), which compiles the public registries. Gold Standard details and coordinates come from the Gold Standard public registry; Vanga Blue Forest and Mikoko Pamoja come from Plan Vivo. Figures change as registries update. Please cite the Berkeley database and the registry when you use them, and check a registry record before relying on a number.