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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

ProjectRegistryTypeStatusCommunity IssuedRetiredLocation
GS1340 - Efficient cookstoves in Burkina Faso - tiipaalga F3PA cookst...
GS11702 · Burkina Faso · Tiipaalga
Gold Standard Cookstoves In the pipeline
Listed
households 00 Country only
GS1340 - Efficient cookstoves in Burkina Faso - tiipaalga F3PA cookst...
GS11703 · Burkina Faso · Tiipaalga
Gold Standard Cookstoves In the pipeline
Listed
households 00 Country only
GS1340 - Efficient cookstoves in Burkina Faso - tiipaalga F3PA cookst...
GS11704 · Burkina Faso · Tiipaalga
Gold Standard Cookstoves In the pipeline
Listed
households 00 Country only
GS1340 - Efficient cookstoves in Burkina Faso - tiipaalga F3PA cookst...
GS11705 · Burkina Faso · Tiipaalga
Gold Standard Cookstoves In the pipeline
Listed
households 00 Country only
GS1340 - Efficient cookstoves in Burkina Faso - tiipaalga F3PA cookst...
GS11706 · Burkina Faso · Tiipaalga
Gold Standard Cookstoves In the pipeline
Listed
households 00 Country only
CPA-MA-28-Madagascar Ethanol Stove Program
GS11714 · Madagascar · GREEN DEVELOPMENT AS
Gold Standard Cookstoves Certified design
Gold Standard Certified Design
households 00 Country only
CPA-MA-25-Madagascar Ethanol Stove Program
GS11717 · Madagascar · GREEN DEVELOPMENT AS
Gold Standard Cookstoves Certified design
Gold Standard Certified Design
households 00 Country only
Improved Cookstoves and Sustainable Fuel Dissemination Program in Ghan...
GS11724 · Ghana · COOKCLEAN GHANA LIMITED
Gold Standard Cookstoves Certified design
Gold Standard Certified Design
Not stated 00 Country only
Deployment of LPG Cookstoves in Kenya POA
GS11725 · Kenya · PAYGO ENERGY INC
Gold Standard Cookstoves Certified design
Gold Standard Certified Design
Not stated 00 Country only
Solar Electric Cooking Systems for Schools and Other Institutions in T...
GS11727 · Tanzania · atmosfair gGmbH
Gold Standard Solar - Distributed In the pipeline
Listed
schools 00 Country only
Chipangali Safe Water Access Project
GS11730 · Zambia · OFFGRIDSUN S.R.L.
Gold Standard Community Boreholes Certified design
Gold Standard Certified Design
local communities 00 Country only
GS10789 VPA76: Efficient and Clean Cooking for households in Ghana
GS11739 · Ghana · ECOA Climate Capital
Gold Standard Cookstoves Certified design
Gold Standard Certified Design
households 00 Country only
GS10789 VP86: Efficient and Clean Cooking for households in Senegal
GS11740 · Senegal · ECOA Climate Capital
Gold Standard Cookstoves Certified design
Gold Standard Certified Design
households 00 Country only
Dziva Cookstove Project
GS11790 · Kenya · Schneider Electric France
Gold Standard Cookstoves Active
Gold Standard Certified Project
households +1 00 Country only
Abydos Solar Power Project in Egypt
GS11792 · Egypt · AMEA Power Ltd
Gold Standard Solar - Centralized Certified design
Gold Standard Certified Design
local communities 00 Country only
Small scale community-based afforestation program in Ethiopia
GS11798 · Ethiopia · Deactivated Projects
Gold Standard Afforestation/Reforestation In the pipeline
Listed
smallholder or rural f... 00 Country only
GS5658 VPA 42: Water is Life Madagascar
GS11854 · Madagascar · Madaprojects Srl SB
Gold Standard Clean Water In the pipeline
Listed
households 00 Country only
Small scale community-based afforestation program in Ethiopia – Konea
GS11856 · Ethiopia · Stiftung Menschen für Menschen
Gold Standard Afforestation/Reforestation In the pipeline
Listed
smallholder or rural f... 00 Country only
GS7591 VPA 48 Safe Water Supply in the Central African Republic
GS11864 · Central African Republic · CO2balance UK ltd
Gold Standard Clean Water In the pipeline
Listed
Not stated 00 Country only
GS7591 VPA 49 Safe Water Supply in the Central African Republic
GS11865 · Central African Republic · CO2balance UK ltd
Gold Standard Clean Water In the pipeline
Listed
Not stated 00 Country only
GS7591 VPA 50 Safe Water Supply in the Central African Republic
GS11866 · Central African Republic · CO2balance UK ltd
Gold Standard Clean Water In the pipeline
Listed
Not stated 00 Country only
Improved Cookstoves Distribution Programme in Mozambique
GS11867 · Mozambique · EKI Energy Services Limited
Gold Standard Cookstoves In the pipeline
Listed
Not stated 00 Country only
Improved Cook Stoves distribution in Inhambane-01 by Sogepal
GS11868 · Mozambique · EKI Energy Services Limited
Gold Standard Cookstoves In the pipeline
Listed
households 00 Country only
INUMA Safe Water Project
GS11873 · Rwanda · Water Access Rwanda
Gold Standard Clean Water Certified design
Gold Standard Certified Design
households +1 00 Country only
INUMA Safe Water Project -VPA-001
GS11874 · Rwanda · Water Access Rwanda
Gold Standard Clean Water Certified design
Gold Standard Certified Design
local communities 00 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.
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