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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Impact Carbon and myclimate Safe Water and Improved Cookstoves Global... GS2296 · Uganda · Impact Carbon |
Gold Standard | Bundled Energy Efficiency | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households +1 | 3,232,370 | 1,614,965 | Project location |
| OYU - Building Sustainable Ugandan Communities VPA10 GS12626 · Uganda · SHRI MAA MARKETING PRIVATE LIMITED |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households +1 | 278,230 | 41,399 | Country only |
| OYU - Building Sustainable Ugandan Communities VPA12 GS12627 · Uganda · SHRI MAA MARKETING PRIVATE LIMITED |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households +1 | 257,911 | 39,413 | Country only |
| GS7591 VPA 7 Northern Uganda Safe Water Project GS7592 · Uganda · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
community groups or co... | 238,544 | 153,024 | Country only |
| GS23149 Uganda Cook Bright Initiative - VPA01 GS13107 · Uganda · Impact Carbon |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
women | 234,215 | 0 | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| GS11638 GS11640 RVPA-2 SPOUTS Water Purifier Programme in Africa- WPS... GS12050 · Uganda · AGS Carbon Advisory |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households +1 | 119,111 | 7,045 | Country only |
| GS11638 GS11640 RVPA-1 SPOUTS Water Purifier Programme in Africa- WPS... GS11861 · Uganda · AGS Carbon Advisory |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households +1 | 98,381 | 30,235 | Country only |
| GS7591 VPA 10 Northern Uganda Safe Water Project GS7595 · Uganda · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
community groups or co... | 87,789 | 39,527 | Country only |
| GS5304 MKOPA Solar Lighting Programme of Activities - Uganda VPA 2 GS5315 · Uganda · Climate Impact Partners Limited |
Gold Standard | Solar Lighting | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 82,368 | 48,849 | Country only |
| GS11638 GS11640 RVPA-3 SPOUTS Water Purifier Programme in Africa- WPS... GS12052 · Uganda · AGS Carbon Advisory |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households +1 | 81,096 | 4,106 | Country only |
| WADI - Innovation for Safe Water and Climate in Uganda GS10738 · Uganda · myclimate Foundation |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households +2 | 76,849 | 65,684 | Country only |
| GS1247 VPA 2 Improved Kitchen Regimes: Kole District Borehole Project... GS1359 · Uganda · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 75,765 | 71,708 | Project location |
| Institutional Improved Cook Stoves for Schools and Institutions in Uga... GS4364 · Uganda · Simoshi Limited |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households +2 | 63,705 | 21,962 | Programme location |
| GS1247 VPA 44 BioLite Improved Stove Programme Uganda GS4271 · Uganda · BioLite Inc. |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 59,717 | 59,467 | Project location |
| GS7591 VPA 11 Northern Uganda Safe Water Project GS7596 · Uganda · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
community groups or co... | 56,616 | 38,177 | Country only |
| GS1247 VPA 164 EcoZoom Improved Stove Programme Uganda GS7153 · Uganda · BioLite Inc. |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 53,934 | 41,656 | Programme location |
| VPA 173 EcoZoom Improved Stove Programme Uganda GS7318 · Uganda · BioLite Inc. |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 47,123 | 34,421 | Programme location |
| GS11638 GS11640 RVPA-5 SPOUTS Water Purifier Programme in Africa- WPS... GS13120 · Uganda · AGS Carbon Advisory |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households +1 | 40,562 | 0 | Country only |
| GS11638 GS11640 RVPA-4 SPOUTS Water Purifier Programme in Africa- WPS... GS12801 · Uganda · AGS Carbon Advisory |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households +1 | 30,472 | 0 | Country only |
| GS1247 VPA 138 BioLite Improved Stove Programme Uganda GS6344 · Uganda · Erik Wurster |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 29,110 | 23,980 | Country only |
| VPA 174 EcoZoom Improved Stove Programme Uganda GS7317 · Uganda · BioLite Inc. |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 27,072 | 18,232 | 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.