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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GS5658 VPA 24: Water is Life Madagascar GS10784 · Madagascar · Madaprojects Srl SB |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 32,705 | 25,719 | Country only |
| GS1247 VPA 86 Southern Ethiopia Community Boreholes GS5322 · Ethiopia · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 32,692 | 29,938 | Project location |
| GS1247 VPA 146 Manicaland Safe Water GS6522 · Zimbabwe · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 32,535 | 22,542 | Programme location |
| GS1247 VPA 263 Improved Kitchen Regimes Multi-Country PoA - Dowa Boreh... GS10803 · Malawi · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households +1 | 32,463 | 18,183 | Country only |
| GS1340 Efficient cookstoves in Burkina Faso - VPA-29 - Improved Cookst... GS11074 · Burkina Faso · Tiipaalga |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households +2 | 32,426 | 22,030 | Country only |
| GS1247 VPA 128 Southern Ethiopia Community Boreholes GS6038 · Ethiopia · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 32,251 | 25,711 | Programme location |
| GS1247 VPA 87 Southern Ethiopia Community Boreholes GS5323 · Ethiopia · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 32,203 | 29,454 | Programme location |
| GS1247 VPA 127 Southern Ethiopia Community Boreholes GS6037 · Ethiopia · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 32,040 | 27,880 | Programme location |
| GS5658 VPA 25: Promoting energy efficiency & clean cooking in Pemba GS10806 · Mozambique · Carbonsink (Carbonsink Group S.r.l.) |
Gold Standard | Bundled Energy Efficiency | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households +1 | 31,970 | 17,765 | Country only |
| UpEnergy-Social and Climate Impact Programme- Cooking Devices VPA-8 GS11210 · Nigeria · UpEnergy Group |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 31,969 | 0 | Country only |
| GS5047 VPA39 African Improved Cookstoves and Clean Water Programme: Ny... GS7454 · Rwanda · Likano Project Development GmbH |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 31,926 | 17,907 | Programme location |
| GS5658 VPA 30: Improved Cookstoves for Environmental Conservation in S... GS10873 · Ethiopia · Carbonsink (Carbonsink Group S.r.l.) |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households +1 | 31,836 | 24,966 | Country only |
| GS5047 VPA38 African Improved Cookstoves and Clean Water Programme: Ny... GS7453 · Rwanda · Likano Project Development GmbH |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 31,813 | 17,401 | Programme location |
| GS1247 VPA 75 Lango Safe Water Project GS5189 · Uganda · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 31,772 | 29,414 | Programme location |
| GS1247 VPA 76 Lango Safe Water Project GS5190 · Uganda · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 31,690 | 29,015 | Programme location |
| Installation of high efficiency wood burning cookstoves in Uganda VCS2350 · Uganda · Bridge Carbon Africa Stoves Development Private Li... |
Verra | Cookstoves | Active Verification approval requested |
Not stated | 31,545 | 0 | Country only |
| GS5047 VPA48 African Improved Cookstoves and Clean Water Programme: Gi... GS10741 · Rwanda · Likano Project Development GmbH |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 31,507 | 16,521 | Country only |
| Small-scale solar electrical programme South Africa – CPA-005 GS12000 · South Africa · BLUE WORLD CARBON ASSET MANAGEMENT (PTY) LTD |
Gold Standard | Solar - Distributed | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 31,069 | 31,069 | Country only |
| GS5658 VPA 29: Improved Cookstoves for Environmental Conservation in S... GS10872 · Ethiopia · Carbonsink (Carbonsink Group S.r.l.) |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households +1 | 30,988 | 30,375 | Country only |
| GS2504 - Voluntary Gold Standard multi-country improved cookstove PoA... GS1248 · Kenya · South Pole Ltd |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 30,928 | 30,681 | Project location |
| GS1247 VPA 88 Southern Ethiopia Community Boreholes GS5324 · Ethiopia · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 30,865 | 28,074 | Project location |
| GS1247 VPA 265 Improved Kitchen Regimes Multi-Country PoA - Dowa Boreh... GS10805 · Malawi · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households +1 | 30,856 | 15,112 | Country only |
| GS5658 VPA 13: Water is Life Madagascar GS7567 · Madagascar · Madaprojects Srl SB |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 30,812 | 24,530 | Country only |
| Small-scale solar electrical programme South Africa – CPA-014 GS12009 · South Africa · BLUE WORLD CARBON ASSET MANAGEMENT (PTY) LTD |
Gold Standard | Solar - Distributed | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 30,714 | 30,714 | Country only |
| TIST Program in Kenya, VCS 004 VCS597 · Kenya · Clean Air Action Corporation (PP) |
Verra | Afforestation/Reforestation | Withdrawn or inactive Late to Verify |
Not stated | 30,575 | 30,575 | 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.