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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Safe Water Programme – Nigeria – VPA 13 GS11271 · Nigeria · Impact Carbon |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
schools | 207,536 | 88,119 | Country only |
| African Biogas Carbon Programme (ABC) - Kenya - VPA001 GS2750 · Kenya · AFRICA BIOENERGY PROGRAMS LIMITED |
Gold Standard | Biodigesters | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 206,538 | 131,398 | Project location |
| Safe Water Programme – Nigeria – VPA 28 GS11286 · Nigeria · Impact Carbon |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
schools | 202,613 | 68,779 | Country only |
| GS7591 VPA 8 Northern Uganda Safe Water Project GS7593 · Uganda · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
community groups or co... | 202,161 | 136,276 | Country only |
| GS7591 VPA 24 Central Mozambique Safe Water Programme GS7644 · Mozambique · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 199,924 | 125,581 | Country only |
| Hongera Energy Efficient Cookstoves Project GS12033 · Kenya · DutchGreen Project Management B.V. |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
local communities | 197,846 | 23,696 | Country only |
| MIVO Energie - Enabling LPG access for cooking in Togo GS10712 · Togo · Entrepreneurs du Monde |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 197,547 | 40,079 | Country only |
| Dissemination of fuel efficient biomass stoves and water purification... GS850 · Tanzania · Envirofit International Ltd. |
Gold Standard | Bundled Energy Efficiency | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 194,902 | 194,874 | Project location |
| Production and sale of efficient cookstoves in the urban areas of Mapu... GS11209 · Mozambique · Carbonsink (Carbonsink Group S.r.l.) |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 193,280 | 91,830 | Country only |
| Safe Water Programme – Nigeria – VPA 06 GS11264 · Nigeria · Impact Carbon |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
schools | 192,860 | 120,512 | Country only |
| GS7591 VPA 33 Zambian Central Province Safe Water GS7688 · Zambia · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 192,197 | 117,120 | Country only |
| "Commonland African Improved Cookstove Programme – VPA 01 (Peace Parks... GS10886 · Zambia · Commonland B.V. |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 187,306 | 153,306 | Country only |
| GS10789 GS 11673 RVPA-65: Efficient and Clean Cooking for households i... GS12505 · Nigeria · Global Cookstoves 2 Limited |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 185,574 | 0 | Country only |
| Meru Improved Cook Stoves GS976 · Kenya · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
villages | 180,964 | 176,034 | Project location |
| African Biogas Carbon Programme (ABC) - Uganda - VPA003 GS4236 · Uganda · AFRICA BIOENERGY PROGRAMS LIMITED |
Gold Standard | Biodigesters | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 175,098 | 139,599 | Programme location |
| GS10789 GS10791 RVPA-4: Efficient and Clean Cooking for households in... GS11432 · Kenya · ECOA Climate Capital |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 173,154 | 169,994 | Country only |
| GS10789 VPA6: Efficient and Clean Cooking for households in Cote d'Ivo... GS11434 · Côte d'Ivoire · ECOA Climate Capital |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 167,252 | 68,143 | Country only |
| GS10789 GS10791 RVPA-22: Efficient and Clean Cooking for households i... GS12350 · Kenya · Global Cookstoves Ltd. |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 163,165 | 24,205 | Country only |
| GS7591 VPA 34 Zambian Central Province Safe Water GS7689 · Zambia · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 157,419 | 81,426 | Country only |
| GS7591 VPA 9 Northern Uganda Safe Water Project GS7594 · Uganda · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
community groups or co... | 153,490 | 113,114 | Country only |
| Improved Jikos - Better Living for Rural Population GS2457 · Kenya · Fastenaktion |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households +1 | 152,465 | 78,375 | Project location |
| Namene Solar Light Company: Solar Lighting Project Zambia 1 GS7002 · Zambia · NAMENE CLIMATE INVESTMENT VEHICLE LIMITED |
Gold Standard | Solar Lighting | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households +2 | 150,533 | 51,052 | Project location |
| GS7591 VPA 46 Improved Cookstove Distribution in Kayonza Bugesera and... GS11205 · Rwanda · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 149,417 | 31,441 | Country only |
| GS11638 VPA-2 SPOUTS Water Purifier Programme in Africa- WPS in Uganda... GS11640 · Uganda · AGS Carbon Advisory |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households +1 | 148,976 | 64,231 | Country only |
| GS7591 VPA 25 Central Mozambique Safe Water Programme GS7645 · Mozambique · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 147,881 | 118,946 | Country only |
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.