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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kuyasa low-cost urban housing energy upgrade project Khayelitsha (Cape... GS337 · South Africa · atmosfair gGmbH |
Gold Standard | Bundled Energy Efficiency | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 9,341 | 0 | Corrected location |
| Gauteng Free State Mpumalanga Limpopo & Northern Cape CFL Replacement... GS1139 · South Africa · Eskom Holdings SOC Limited |
Gold Standard | Lighting | Certified design Gold Standard Certified Design |
households | 0 | 0 | Project location |
| North West KwaZulu-Natal & Eastern Cape CFL Replacement Project (2) in... GS1140 · South Africa · Eskom Holdings SOC Limited |
Gold Standard | Lighting | Certified design Gold Standard Certified Design |
households | 0 | 0 | Project location |
| CFL Replacement Programme of Activities in South Africa GS1141 · South Africa · Eskom Holdings SOC Limited |
Gold Standard | Lighting | Certified design Gold Standard Certified Design |
households | 0 | 0 | Project location |
| GS11955 PoA Safe Water Supply in South Africa GS11955 · Zambia · Deactivated Projects |
Gold Standard | Bundled Energy Efficiency | In the pipeline Listed |
local communities | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| TERRAGRN – Land Regeneration through Agroforestry in Mpumalanga South... GS12094 · South Africa · TERRAGRN PRIVATE LIMITED |
Gold Standard | Afforestation/Reforestation | Certified design Gold Standard Certified Design |
women +1 | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| TERRAGRN – Land Regeneration through Agroforestry in Mpumalanga South... GS12095 · South Africa · TERRAGRN PRIVATE LIMITED |
Gold Standard | Afforestation/Reforestation | Certified design Gold Standard Certified Design |
local communities | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| GS7591 VPA 65 Innovation: Africa Solar Water Pumping Projects - South... GS12642 · South Africa · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | In the pipeline Listed |
households | 0 | 0 | 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.