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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GS1247 VPA 9 Improved Kitchen Regimes: Mareba (Bugesera) Rwanda GS2893 · Rwanda · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
local communities | 52,100 | 51,431 | Programme location |
| CPA # 3 Improved Cooking Stoves for Nigeria GS 1353 GS1353 · Nigeria · atmosfair gGmbH |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 52,068 | 8,387 | Programme location |
| GS1247 VPA 84 Zoba Maekel Community Boreholes GS5244 · Eritrea · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 51,987 | 39,357 | Programme location |
| GS1247 VPA 11 Improved Kitchen Regimes: Gatsibo District Borehole Proj... GS3306 · Rwanda · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 51,938 | 51,938 | Programme location |
| GS1247 VPA 54 Eritrean District Boreholes GS4797 · Eritrea · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 51,830 | 43,353 | Programme location |
| GS1247 VPA 85 Zoba Maekel Community Boreholes GS5245 · Eritrea · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 51,746 | 39,506 | Programme location |
| GS1247 VPA 55 Eritrean District Boreholes GS4798 · Eritrea · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 51,739 | 43,116 | Programme location |
| GS1247 VPA 47 Eritrean District Boreholes GS4518 · Eritrea · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 51,726 | 43,145 | Programme location |
| GS1247 VPA 10 Improved Kitchen Regimes: Nyarugenge (Bugesera) Rwanda GS2894 · Rwanda · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
local communities | 51,595 | 51,186 | Programme location |
| GS1247 VPA 38 Improved Kitchen Regimes: Bugesera Rwanda GS3945 · Rwanda · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 51,583 | 50,097 | Programme location |
| Safe Water Programme – Nigeria - VPA 102 GS12418 · Nigeria · Impact Carbon |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
schools | 51,505 | 0 | Country only |
| Efficient Cookstoves for Cameroon's Littoral and South-West regions GS1064 · Cameroon · atmosfair gGmbH |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 51,367 | 51,182 | Project location |
| CPA-KE-001 KIBERA GS7498 · Kenya · ClimateCare Limited |
Gold Standard | Biodigesters | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 51,227 | 0 | Country only |
| Solar Lighting in Rural Ethiopia - VPA 1 GS922 · Ethiopia · myclimate Foundation |
Gold Standard | Solar Lighting | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households +1 | 51,159 | 36,749 | Country only |
| GS1340 Efficient cookstoves in Burkina Faso - VPA-02 - tiipaalga F3PA... GS3516 · Burkina Faso · Tiipaalga |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 50,781 | 31,090 | Corrected location |
| GS1247 VPA 15 Improved Kitchen Regimes NYAMATA (Bugesera) Rwanda GS3448 · Rwanda · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
local communities | 50,688 | 50,087 | Programme location |
| GS1247 VPA 12 Improved Kitchen Regimes: Shyara (Bugesera) Rwanda GS3444 · Rwanda · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
local communities | 50,431 | 49,842 | Project location |
| Livelihoods Mount Elgon Project VCS1944 · Kenya · Livelihoods Fund SICAV SIF (PP) |
Verra | Sustainable Agriculture | Active Verification approval requested |
Not stated | 50,284 | 7,953 | Country only |
| GS1247 VPA 7 Improved Kitchen Regimes: Kamabuye (Bugesera) Rwanda GS2891 · Rwanda · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
local communities | 50,014 | 49,475 | Programme location |
| IMPROVED COOKSTOVES DISTRIBUTION IN MOZAMBIQUE – MAPUTO VCS4878 · Mozambique · Eni S.p.A |
Verra | Cookstoves | Active Registered |
Not stated | 49,915 | 0 | Country only |
| GS1247 VPA 172 Southern Ethiopia Efficient Cook Stoves GS7293 · Ethiopia · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 49,791 | 41,264 | Programme location |
| GS1247 VPA 14 Improved Kitchen Regimes NTARAMA (Bugesera) Rwanda GS3447 · Rwanda · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
local communities | 49,738 | 45,839 | Project location |
| Installation of high efficiency wood burning cookstoves in Mozambique... VCS2888 · Mozambique · Bridge Carbon Africa Stoves Development Private Li... |
Verra | Cookstoves | Active Registered |
Not stated | 49,437 | 316 | Country only |
| GS1247 VPA 13 Improved Kitchen Regimes MUSENYI (Bugesera) Rwanda GS3446 · Rwanda · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
local communities | 49,414 | 49,064 | Project location |
| GS1340 Efficient cookstoves in Burkina Faso - VPA-14 - Improved Cookst... GS10778 · Burkina Faso · Tiipaalga |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households +2 | 49,324 | 38,515 | 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.