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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Safe Water Programme – Kenya – VPA 32 GS11290 · Kenya · Impact Carbon |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
schools | 247,974 | 72,675 | Country only |
| Up Energy Improved Cookstoves Programme Uganda – CPA No 006 GS10904 · Uganda · UpEnergy Group |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 247,530 | 132,651 | Country only |
| Safe Water Programme – Nigeria – VPA 22 GS11280 · Nigeria · Impact Carbon |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
schools | 246,763 | 65,088 | Country only |
| GS7591 VPA 21 Central Mozambique Safe Water Programme GS7641 · Mozambique · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 245,653 | 204,169 | Country only |
| Safe Water Programme – Nigeria – VPA 19 GS11277 · Nigeria · Impact Carbon |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
schools | 245,221 | 76,542 | Country only |
| TIST Program in Uganda, VCS 001 VCS824 · Uganda · Clean Air Action Corporation (PP) |
Verra | Afforestation/Reforestation | Withdrawn or inactive Late to Verify |
Not stated | 245,014 | 244,505 | Country only |
| Safe Water Programme – Kenya – VPA 44 GS11302 · Kenya · Impact Carbon |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
schools | 244,899 | 54,633 | Country only |
| OLKARIA III PHASE 2 GEOTHERMAL EXPANSION PROJECT IN KENYA VCS881 · Kenya · JPMorgan Ventures Energy Corportaion |
Verra | Geothermal | Withdrawn or inactive Late to Verify |
Not stated | 244,798 | 244,798 | Country only |
| GS7591 VPA 20 Central Mozambique Safe Water Programme GS7640 · Mozambique · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 244,147 | 183,673 | Country only |
| Safe Water Programme – Kenya – VPA 43 GS11301 · Kenya · Impact Carbon |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
schools | 243,467 | 49,735 | Country only |
| GS10789 VPA5: Efficient and Clean Cooking for households in the Democr... GS11433 · Democratic Republic of the Congo · ECOA Climate Capital |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 242,877 | 8,666 | Country only |
| Aqua Clara Water Filtration Program in Kenya GS1078 · Kenya · Climate Impact Partners Limited |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 242,718 | 242,216 | Project location |
| Safe Water Programme – Nigeria – VPA 18 GS11276 · Nigeria · Impact Carbon |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
schools | 242,085 | 69,892 | Country only |
| Up Energy Improved Cookstoves Programme Uganda – CPA No 008 GS10906 · Uganda · UpEnergy Group |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 242,066 | 101,675 | Country only |
| Humbo Ethiopia Assisted Natural Regeneration Project GS10220 · Ethiopia · World Vision Australia |
Gold Standard | Afforestation/Reforestation | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
smallholder or rural f... +2 | 240,371 | 226,995 | Named place |
| Safe Water Programme – Nigeria – VPA 17 GS11275 · Nigeria · Impact Carbon |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
schools | 238,982 | 93,166 | Country only |
| Safe Water Programme – Kenya – VPA 45 GS11303 · Kenya · Impact Carbon |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
schools | 238,887 | 80,289 | Country only |
| GS7591 VPA 7 Northern Uganda Safe Water Project GS7592 · Uganda · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
community groups or co... | 238,544 | 153,024 | Country only |
| Safe Water Programme – Nigeria – VPA 20 GS11278 · Nigeria · Impact Carbon |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
schools | 238,410 | 44,040 | Country only |
| Safe Water Programme – Nigeria – VPA 12 GS11270 · Nigeria · Impact Carbon |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
schools | 237,929 | 77,091 | Country only |
| Safe Water Programme – Nigeria – VPA 10 GS11268 · Nigeria · Impact Carbon |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
schools | 237,316 | 84,584 | Country only |
| GS7591 VPA 22 Central Mozambique Safe Water Programme GS7642 · Mozambique · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 236,401 | 162,470 | Country only |
| GS10959 VPA05 Safe Water Project in Rwanda V GS11136 · Rwanda · Iceberg Environment Pte. Ltd. |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 235,152 | 40,249 | Country only |
| GS23149 Uganda Cook Bright Initiative - VPA01 GS13107 · Uganda · Impact Carbon |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
women | 234,215 | 0 | Country only |
| Safe Water Programme – Nigeria – VPA 08 GS11266 · Nigeria · Impact Carbon |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
schools | 233,871 | 84,719 | 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.