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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Up Energy Improved Cookstoves Programme Uganda – CPA No 045 supported... GS11534 · Uganda · UpEnergy Group |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 23,652 | 23,652 | Country only |
| GS1247 VPA 207 Sierra Leone Safe Water GS7479 · Sierra Leone · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 23,473 | 20,858 | Country only |
| GS5658 VPA 10: Resilience with Safe drinking water in Drought Prone Ar... GS7436 · Ethiopia · Carbonsink (Carbonsink Group S.r.l.) |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 23,467 | 23,429 | Programme location |
| GS1247 VPA 210 Sierra Leone Safe Water GS7482 · Sierra Leone · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 23,446 | 16,452 | Country only |
| GS1247 VPA 158 Improved Kitchen Regimes: Kayonza District Borehole Pro... GS6838 · Rwanda · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 23,420 | 22,965 | Programme location |
| GS1247 VPA 82 Lango Safe Water Project GS5196 · Uganda · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 23,256 | 21,028 | Programme location |
| GS1247 VPA 183 Lango Safe Water Project GS7362 · Uganda · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 23,017 | 11,859 | Programme location |
| GS1247 VPA 212 Sierra Leone Safe Water GS7484 · Sierra Leone · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 22,918 | 18,715 | Country only |
| HPP Project Liberia VCS1665 · Liberia · Liberian Agricultural Company |
Verra | Biomass | Active Registered |
Not stated | 22,906 | 13,226 | Country only |
| GS1247 VPA 211 Sierra Leone Safe Water GS7483 · Sierra Leone · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 22,815 | 20,038 | Country only |
| GS1247 VPA 186 Lango Safe Water Project GS7365 · Uganda · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 22,726 | 12,055 | Programme location |
| GS5658 VPA 32: Improved Cookstoves for Environmental Conservation in S... GS10989 · Ethiopia · Carbonsink (Carbonsink Group S.r.l.) |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households +1 | 22,653 | 15,099 | Country only |
| Grouped Projects for Safe Water Program in Uganda VCS5114 · Uganda · Evidence Action |
Verra | Clean Water | Active Registered |
Not stated | 22,619 | 0 | Country only |
| GS1247 VPA 187 Lango Safe Water Project GS7366 · Uganda · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 22,591 | 13,085 | Programme location |
| GS1247 VPA 206 Sierra Leone Safe Water GS7478 · Sierra Leone · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 22,562 | 18,982 | Country only |
| IMPROVED COOKSTOVES DISTRIBUTION IN ANGOLA VCS4879 · Angola · Multiple Project Proponents |
Verra | Cookstoves | Active Registered |
Not stated | 22,224 | 15,495 | Country only |
| GS11324 - VPA004 - Congo (DRC) Improved Cook Stoves VPA004 -Kintambo GS11786 · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Vitol SA |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 22,148 | 0 | Country only |
| Congo (DRC) Improved Cook Stoves VPA 005 – Bandalungwa GS11787 · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Vitol SA |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 22,148 | 0 | Country only |
| Congo (DRC) Improved Cook Stoves VPA 006 – Lemba GS11788 · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Vitol SA |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 22,148 | 0 | Country only |
| Congo (DRC) Improved Cook Stoves VPA 007 – Lingwala GS11789 · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Vitol SA |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 22,148 | 0 | Country only |
| TIST Program in Kenya, VCS-CCB 010 VCS2338 · Kenya · Clean Air Action Corporation (PP) |
Verra | Afforestation/Reforestation | Active Registered |
Not stated | 22,104 | 21,443 | Country only |
| GS1247 VPA 208 Sierra Leone Safe Water GS7480 · Sierra Leone · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 22,100 | 19,664 | Country only |
| GS1247 VPA 225 The Gambia Safe Water GS7581 · The Gambia · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 21,730 | 10,593 | Country only |
| GS1340 - Efficient cookstoves in Burkina Faso – tiipaalga F3PA cooksto... GS10924 · Burkina Faso · Tiipaalga |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 21,599 | 2,559 | Country only |
| GS4503 - Sustainable Safe Water Program-Tulip Filters in Tanzania VPA... GS3267 · Tanzania · South Pole Ltd |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households +1 | 21,540 | 21,540 | Corrected location |
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.