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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GS5047 VPA40 African Improved Cookstoves and Clean Water Programme: Lu... GS7501 · Zambia · Likano Project Development GmbH |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | In the pipeline Listed |
Not stated | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| GS1366 VPA 17 Kilifi Borehole Rehabilitation Project GS7514 · Kenya · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Certified design Gold Standard Certified Design |
households | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| GS1366 VPA 18 Kilifi Borehole Rehabilitation Project GS7515 · Kenya · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Certified design Gold Standard Certified Design |
households | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| GS1366 VPA 19 Kilifi Borehole Rehabilitation Project GS7516 · Kenya · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Certified design Gold Standard Certified Design |
households | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| GS1366 VPA 20 Kilifi Borehole Rehabilitation Project GS7517 · Kenya · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Certified design Gold Standard Certified Design |
households | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| GS1366 VPA 21 Kilifi Borehole Rehabilitation Project GS7518 · Kenya · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Certified design Gold Standard Certified Design |
households | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| GS1366 VPA 22 Kilifi Borehole Rehabilitation Project GS7519 · Kenya · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Certified design Gold Standard Certified Design |
households | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| GS1366 VPA 23 Kilifi Borehole Rehabilitation Project GS7520 · Kenya · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Certified design Gold Standard Certified Design |
households | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| GS1366 VPA 24 Kilifi Borehole Rehabilitation Project GS7521 · Kenya · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Certified design Gold Standard Certified Design |
households | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| GS1366 VPA 25 Kilifi Borehole Rehabilitation Project GS7522 · Kenya · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Certified design Gold Standard Certified Design |
households | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| GS1366 VPA 26 Kilifi Borehole Rehabilitation Project GS7523 · Kenya · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Certified design Gold Standard Certified Design |
households | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| PoA for DURABRIC Bricks Project by 14Trees GS7530 · Malawi · Climate Impact Partners Limited |
Gold Standard | Brick Manufacturing Emission Reductions | Certified design Gold Standard Certified Design |
Not stated | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| GS5047 VPA46 African Improved Cookstoves and Clean Water Programme: Al... GS7542 · Uganda · Likano Project Development GmbH |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Certified design Gold Standard Certified Design |
households | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| GS5047 VPA43 African Improved Cookstoves and Clean Water Programme: Lu... GS7543 · Zambia · Likano Project Development GmbH |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | In the pipeline Listed |
Not stated | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| GS7591 VPA 2 Rift Valley Safe Water Project GS7558 · Kenya · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Certified design Gold Standard Certified Design |
households | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| GS7591 VPA 3 Central Kenya Borehole Rehabilitation Project GS7559 · Kenya · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Certified design Gold Standard Certified Design |
households | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| GS7591 VPA 4 Central Kenya Borehole Rehabilitation Project GS7560 · Kenya · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Certified design Gold Standard Certified Design |
households | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| GS1366 VPA 27 Kilifi Borehole Rehabilitation Project GS7562 · Kenya · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Certified design Gold Standard Certified Design |
households | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| PoA for the Reduction of Emission from Non-Renewable Fuel from Cooking... GS7569 · Kenya · ClimateCare Limited |
Gold Standard | Bundled Energy Efficiency | Certified design Gold Standard Certified Design |
households | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| The Garner Sustainable Biomass and Renewable Energy Programme GS7577 · Mozambique · Garner Advisors LLC |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Certified design Gold Standard Certified Design |
households | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| Garner Mozambique - BioEthanol Cookstoves Project CPA1 GS7578 · Mozambique · Garner Advisors LLC |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Certified design Gold Standard Certified Design |
households | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| GS1247 VPA 230 The Gambia Safe Water GS7586 · The Gambia · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Certified design Gold Standard Certified Design |
households | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| International Programme for Safe Water Access and Efficient Cookstoves GS7591 · Kenya · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Bundled Energy Efficiency | Certified design Gold Standard Certified Design |
women +1 | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| GS7591 VPA 12 Northern Uganda Safe Water Project GS7597 · Uganda · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Certified design Gold Standard Certified Design |
community groups or co... | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| GS7591 VPA 13 Northern Uganda Safe Water Project GS7598 · Uganda · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Certified design Gold Standard Certified Design |
community groups or co... | 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.