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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 VPA81: Efficient and Clean Cooking for households in Senegal GS11673 · Senegal · Global Cookstoves Ltd. |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 57,721 | 0 | Country only |
| MicroEnergy Credits – Microfinance for Clean Energy Product Lines – Af... VCS2839 · Uganda · MicroEnergy Credits Corp (PP) |
Verra | Bundled Energy Efficiency | Active Registered |
Not stated | 57,342 | 3,000 | Country only |
| GS1340 Efficient cookstoves in Burkina Faso - VPA-08 - tiipaalga F3PA... GS3522 · Burkina Faso · Tiipaalga |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 56,893 | 30,990 | Project location |
| CPA # 4 Improved Cooking Stoves for Nigeria GS 2437 GS2437 · Nigeria · atmosfair gGmbH |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 56,797 | 11,170 | Programme location |
| Giciye III Hydropower Project in Rwanda VCS3720 · Rwanda · B.B. Energy (Asia) Pte Ltd (PP) |
Verra | Hydropower | Active Registered |
Not stated | 56,755 | 0 | Country only |
| 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 115 Improved Kitchen Regimes Multi-Country PoA - Dowa Boreh... GS5440 · Malawi · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households +1 | 56,418 | 55,690 | Country only |
| GS1340 Efficient cookstoves in Burkina Faso - VPA-01 - tiipaalga F3PA... GS2456 · Burkina Faso · Tiipaalga |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 56,318 | 25,733 | Project location |
| Enkima stoves GS11319 · Kenya · Schneider Electric France |
Gold Standard | Bundled Energy Efficiency | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households +1 | 56,041 | 0 | Country only |
| GS1247 VPA 34 Improved Kitchen Regimes: Kaliro Safe Water Project GS3563 · Uganda · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 55,713 | 53,043 | Programme location |
| Household water purifier programme in Guinea GS12143 · Guinea · Lift Solution Limited |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 55,000 | 0 | Country only |
| GS7591 VPA 51 Safe Water Supply in Nigeria GS12115 · Nigeria · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 54,989 | 0 | Country only |
| GS1247 VPA 46 Eritrean District Boreholes GS4423 · Eritrea · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 54,906 | 46,664 | Programme location |
| GS11677 GS11902 Malawi Biomass Energy Conservation Programme CPA 11 GS11911 · Malawi · Hestian Innovation |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 54,887 | 0 | Country only |
| GS11677 GS11902 Malawi Biomass Energy Conservation Programme CPA 21 GS11921 · Malawi · Hestian Innovation |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 54,712 | 2,236 | Country only |
| GS1247 VPA 116 Improved Kitchen Regimes Multi-Country PoA - Dowa Boreh... GS5441 · Malawi · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households +1 | 53,951 | 41,354 | 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 |
| GS1247 VPA 134 Zoba Maekel Community Boreholes GS6235 · Eritrea · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 53,284 | 36,141 | Programme location |
| GS11677 GS11902 Malawi Biomass Energy Conservation Programme CPA 10 GS11910 · Malawi · Hestian Innovation |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 53,246 | 40,063 | Country only |
| GS1247 VPA 8 Improved Kitchen Regimes: Ruhuha (Bugesera) Rwanda GS2892 · Rwanda · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
local communities | 53,140 | 52,615 | Programme location |
| Fuel Efficient Stoves in Zambia CPA 2 VCS1252 · Zambia · 3 Rocks Limited (PP) |
Verra | Cookstoves | Withdrawn or inactive Late to Verify |
Not stated | 53,122 | 53,122 | Country only |
| GS11677 GS11902 Malawi Biomass Energy Conservation Programme CPA 14 GS11914 · Malawi · Hestian Innovation |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 52,694 | 0 | Country only |
| GS1247 VPA 48 Eritrean District Boreholes GS4519 · Eritrea · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 52,509 | 43,498 | Programme location |
| GS1247 VPA 45 Eritrean District Boreholes GS4422 · Eritrea · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 52,420 | 43,337 | Programme location |
| Agroforestry plantation Bateke Plateau, Republic of Congo VCS2319 · Republic of the Congo · FRM Commitment (PP) |
Verra | Afforestation/Reforestation | Active Registered |
Not stated | 52,112 | 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.