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Carbon Projects
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GS10789 GS11673 RVPA-67: Efficient and Clean Cooking for households i... GS12295 · Nigeria · Save Forest 2 Limited |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 111,159 | 0 | Country only |
| GS10789 GS10790 RVPA-10: Efficient and Clean Cooking for households in... GS11606 · Mozambique · ECOA Climate Capital |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 110,671 | 0 | Country only |
| Safe Water Programme – Kenya - VPA 58 GS12260 · Kenya · Impact Carbon |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
schools | 109,634 | 15,706 | Country only |
| Top Third Ventures Stove Programme CPA KE0006 – BURN Efficient Cooksto... GS11612 · Kenya · ECOA Climate Capital |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 109,008 | 39,805 | Country only |
| Top Third Ventures Stove Programme CPA KE0003 – BURN Efficient Cooksto... GS11609 · Kenya · ECOA Climate Capital |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 108,628 | 66,261 | Country only |
| GS11324 - VPA002 - Congo (DRC) Improved Cook Stoves-Kinshasa GS11326 · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Vitol SA |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 108,430 | 0 | Country only |
| Top Third Ventures Stove Programme CPA KE0002 – BURN Efficient Cooksto... GS11608 · Kenya · ECOA Climate Capital |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 107,874 | 65,799 | Country only |
| Top Third Ventures Stove Programme CPA KE0004 – BURN Efficient Cooksto... GS11610 · Kenya · ECOA Climate Capital |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 107,722 | 62,140 | Country only |
| Safe Water Programme – Kenya - VPA 50 GS12252 · Kenya · Impact Carbon |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
schools | 107,662 | 2,343 | Country only |
| Top Third Ventures Stove Programme CPA KE0005 – BURN Efficient Cooksto... GS11611 · Kenya · ECOA Climate Capital |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 107,407 | 39,219 | Country only |
| GS7591 VPA 29 Central Mozambique Safe Water Programme GS7649 · Mozambique · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 107,251 | 105,835 | Country only |
| BioLite Improved Cook stoves Programme - CPA 014 supported by Republic... GS11227 · Uganda · BioLite Inc. |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 106,682 | 55,074 | Country only |
| GS1247 VPA 37 Improved Kitchen Regimes - Dowa Boreholes Malawi GS3561 · Malawi · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households +1 | 106,550 | 75,365 | Project location |
| GS1247 VPA 25 Improved Kitchen Regimes - Dowa Boreholes Malawi GS3106 · Malawi · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households +1 | 106,519 | 81,872 | Country only |
| GS1247 VPA 26 Improved Kitchen Regimes - Kasungu Boreholes Malawi GS3107 · Malawi · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households +1 | 106,030 | 75,701 | Country only |
| GS7591 VPA 53 Improved Cookstove Distribution in Kayonza Bugesera and... GS12227 · Rwanda · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 105,552 | 8,680 | Country only |
| GS11677 GS11902 Malawi Biomass Energy Conservation Programme CPA 33 GS11930 · Malawi · Hestian Innovation |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 103,935 | 0 | Country only |
| Energy Efficient Stoves Program - CPA 2 GS11148 · Ethiopia · World Vision Australia |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 103,527 | 52,133 | Country only |
| GS11677 GS11902 Malawi Biomass Energy Conservation Programme CPA 35 GS11931 · Malawi · Hestian Innovation |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 103,312 | 0 | Country only |
| BioLite Improved Cook stoves Programme - CPA 015 supported by Republic... GS11228 · Uganda · BioLite Inc. |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 103,014 | 53,050 | Country only |
| Energy Efficient Stoves Program - CPA 3 GS11149 · Ethiopia · World Vision Australia |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 102,921 | 68,023 | Country only |
| Aberdares Improved Cook Stoves GS883 · Kenya · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 101,776 | 89,692 | Project location |
| Safe Water Programme – Kenya - VPA 60 GS12262 · Kenya · Impact Carbon |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
schools | 101,464 | 1,979 | Country only |
| Safe Water Programme – Kenya – VPA 46 GS11304 · Kenya · Impact Carbon |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
schools | 101,378 | 20,753 | Country only |
| GS7591 VPA 35 Zambian Central Province Safe Water GS7690 · Zambia · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 101,376 | 44,527 | 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.