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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 92 GS12408 · Nigeria · Impact Carbon |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
schools | 73,217 | 0 | Country only |
| GS 12030 VPA 1 Safe Water Project in Kigoma and Dodoma (Tanzania) GS12031 · Tanzania · WATER MISSIONS INTERNATIONAL |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 72,398 | 0 | Country only |
| GS1247 VPA 97 Improved Kitchen Regimes Multi-Country PoA - Dowa & Kasu... GS5337 · Malawi · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households +1 | 71,890 | 50,630 | Country only |
| Safe Water Programme – Nigeria - VPA 96 GS12412 · Nigeria · Impact Carbon |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
schools | 71,621 | 0 | Country only |
| Up Energy Improved Cookstoves Programme Uganda – CPA No 021 GS10919 · Uganda · UpEnergy Group |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 71,574 | 42,684 | Country only |
| Up Energy Improved Cookstoves Programme Uganda – CPA No 022 GS10920 · Uganda · UpEnergy Group |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 71,574 | 41,591 | Country only |
| GS1247 VPA 5 Alebtong District Borehole Project GS2481 · Uganda · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 71,402 | 68,174 | Project location |
| GS7591 VPA 47 Malawi Improved Cookstove Project GS11206 · Malawi · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 71,161 | 0 | Country only |
| Safe Water Programme – Nigeria - VPA 98 GS12414 · Nigeria · Impact Carbon |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
schools | 71,087 | 0 | Country only |
| CPA # 2 Improved Cooking Stoves for Nigeria GS 1352 GS1352 · Nigeria · atmosfair gGmbH |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 70,984 | 9,432 | Programme location |
| GS1247 VPA 95 Improved Kitchen Regimes Multi-Country PoA - Dowa & Kasu... GS5335 · Malawi · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households +1 | 70,082 | 58,329 | Country only |
| Safe Water Programme – Nigeria - VPA 97 GS12413 · Nigeria · Impact Carbon |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
schools | 69,975 | 0 | Country only |
| Up Energy Improved Cookstoves Programme Uganda – CPA No 023 GS10921 · Uganda · UpEnergy Group |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 69,927 | 38,133 | Country only |
| GS10789 VPA66: Efficient and Clean Cooking for households in Nigeria GS11741 · Nigeria · Global Cookstoves Ltd. |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 69,900 | 0 | Country only |
| CPA 003 – BioLite HomeStove in Kenya GS11192 · Kenya · BioLite Inc. |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 69,888 | 24,376 | Country only |
| CPA 057 - Charcoal Stoves in Kenya GS11880 · Kenya · BioLite Inc. |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 69,879 | 23,167 | Country only |
| Household and commercial biogas plants in Kenya GS7587 · Kenya · SISTEMA.BIO INC. |
Gold Standard | Biodigesters | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 69,726 | 62,460 | Country only |
| GS1247 VPA 94 Improved Kitchen Regimes Multi-Country PoA - Dowa & Kasu... GS5332 · Malawi · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households +1 | 69,525 | 57,688 | Country only |
| GS1247 VPA 40 Improved Kitchen Regimes: Dissemination of improved stov... GS4036 · Eritrea · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 69,277 | 58,492 | Programme location |
| CPA # 1 Improved Cooking Stoves for Nigeria GS 1162 GS1162 · Nigeria · atmosfair gGmbH |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 68,605 | 4,795 | Programme location |
| Safe Water Programme – Nigeria - VPA 99 GS12415 · Nigeria · Impact Carbon |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
schools | 68,534 | 0 | Country only |
| TIST Program in Kenya, VCS 003 VCS596 · Kenya · Clean Air Action Corporation (PP) |
Verra | Afforestation/Reforestation | Withdrawn or inactive Late to Verify |
Not stated | 68,288 | 68,288 | Country only |
| GS1247 VPA 100 Improved Kitchen Regimes Multi-Country PoA - Kasungu Bo... GS5340 · Malawi · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households +1 | 68,126 | 56,456 | Country only |
| Safe Water Programme – Nigeria - VPA 100 GS12416 · Nigeria · Impact Carbon |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
schools | 67,876 | 0 | Country only |
| MicroEnergy Credits – Microfinance for Clean Energy Product Lines – Af... VCS2838 · Uganda · MicroEnergy Credits Corp (PP) |
Verra | Bundled Energy Efficiency | Active Verification approval requested |
Not stated | 67,849 | 43 | 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.