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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 23: Water is Life Madagascar GS10783 · Madagascar · Madaprojects Srl SB |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 34,678 | 27,350 | Country only |
| GS1247 VPA 61 Improved Kitchen Regimes: Kayonza District Borehole Proj... GS5033 · Rwanda · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 34,625 | 34,290 | Programme location |
| GS1247 VPA 62 Improved Kitchen Regimes: Kayonza District Borehole Proj... GS5034 · Rwanda · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 34,625 | 34,141 | Programme location |
| GS5047 VPA29 African Improved Cookstoves and Clean Water Programme: Ny... GS7398 · Rwanda · Likano Project Development GmbH |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 34,622 | 29,148 | Programme location |
| Sanergy Composting Group Project VCS4015 · Kenya · Circular Impact, Inc. (PP) |
Verra | Composting | Active Verification approval requested |
Not stated | 34,463 | 32,631 | Country only |
| Jbel Sendouq-Khalladi ("Khalladi") wind farm project in Morocco (GS507... GS10309 · Morocco · ACWA Khalladi |
Gold Standard | Wind | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 34,439 | 34,402 | Country only |
| Small-scale solar electrical programme South Africa – CPA-009 GS12004 · South Africa · BLUE WORLD CARBON ASSET MANAGEMENT (PTY) LTD |
Gold Standard | Solar - Distributed | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 34,414 | 24,414 | Country only |
| GS5658 VPA 17: Water is Life Madagascar GS10658 · Madagascar · Madaprojects Srl SB |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households +1 | 34,387 | 26,818 | Country only |
| GS1247 VPA 177 Zoba Debub Community Boreholes GS7331 · Eritrea · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 34,344 | 24,721 | Programme location |
| GS1247 VPA 198 Improved Kitchen Regimes Manica Province Safe Water (Mo... GS7470 · Mozambique · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 34,275 | 15,816 | Country only |
| GS5047 VPA47 African Improved Cookstoves and Clean Water Programme: Gi... GS10740 · Rwanda · Likano Project Development GmbH |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 34,227 | 13,417 | Country only |
| GS1247 VPA 182 Zoba Debub Community Boreholes GS7336 · Eritrea · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 34,035 | 26,046 | Programme location |
| GS1247 VPA 260 Improved Kitchen Regimes Multi-Country PoA - Dowa Boreh... GS10800 · Malawi · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households +1 | 34,016 | 15,456 | Country only |
| GS1247 VPA 264 Improved Kitchen Regimes Multi-Country PoA - Dowa Boreh... GS10804 · Malawi · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households +1 | 33,997 | 17,570 | Country only |
| GS1247 VPA 110 Improved Kitchen Regimes: Kayonza District Borehole Pro... GS5396 · Rwanda · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 33,938 | 33,603 | Programme location |
| Project Activity for Local Improved Cookstoves in Bamako GS2744 · Mali · GERES |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 33,637 | 0 | Corrected location |
| GS5047 VPA8 African Improved Cookstoves and Clean Water Programme: Vir... GS5892 · Rwanda · Likano Project Development GmbH |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 33,581 | 33,246 | Programme location |
| Small-scale solar electrical programme South Africa – CPA-013 GS12008 · South Africa · BLUE WORLD CARBON ASSET MANAGEMENT (PTY) LTD |
Gold Standard | Solar - Distributed | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 33,529 | 33,529 | Country only |
| GS5047 VPA26 African Improved Cookstoves and Clean Water Programme: Ny... GS7395 · Rwanda · Likano Project Development GmbH |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 33,303 | 26,151 | Programme location |
| Small-scale solar electrical programme South Africa – CPA-011 GS12006 · South Africa · BLUE WORLD CARBON ASSET MANAGEMENT (PTY) LTD |
Gold Standard | Solar - Distributed | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 33,292 | 33,292 | Country only |
| GS1247 VPA 261 Improved Kitchen Regimes Multi-Country PoA - Dowa Boreh... GS10801 · Malawi · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households +1 | 33,170 | 17,301 | Country only |
| GS1340 Efficient cookstoves in Burkina Faso – VPA-13 - tiipaalga F3PA... GS6420 · Burkina Faso · Tiipaalga |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 33,145 | 15,274 | Project location |
| GS1247 VPA 135 Zoba Maekel Community Boreholes GS6236 · Eritrea · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 32,763 | 23,614 | Programme location |
| GS1247 VPA 257 Northern Ethiopia Community Protected Springs GS10736 · Ethiopia · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 32,763 | 3,829 | Country only |
| GS1247 VPA 262 Improved Kitchen Regimes Multi-Country PoA - Dowa Boreh... GS10802 · Malawi · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households +1 | 32,727 | 17,611 | 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.