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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *Improved Household Charcoal Stoves in Ghana GS413 · Ghana · E+Carbon Inc |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 1,534,448 | 1,531,729 | Corrected location |
| Madagascar Improved Cook Stove Project by KCM-Wood#CPA-W-030 VCS2794 · Madagascar · Korea Carbon Management Ltd (PP) |
Verra | Cookstoves | Active Verification approval requested |
Not stated | 1,531,176 | 8,280 | Country only |
| West Bakr Wind Farm Project GS7739 · Egypt · First Climate Markets GmbH |
Gold Standard | Wind | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 1,405,234 | 392,166 | Country only |
| Community Carbon Efficient Cooking Programme-VPA 16 GS12119 · Uganda · Community Carbon |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 1,399,809 | 47,883 | Country only |
| Isangi REDD+ Project VCS1359 · Democratic Republic of the Congo · SAFBOIS, SPRL |
Verra | REDD+ | Withdrawn or inactive Withdrawn |
Not stated | 1,391,623 | 1,291,248 | Country only |
| Multi-Layer Household Water Filtration System in Kenya GS11207 · Kenya · Profit Carbon Environmental Energy Technology (Sha... |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 1,371,752 | 249,918 | Country only |
| CHINKO CONSERVATION AREA REDD+ PROJECT, CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC VCS2510 · Central African Republic · African Parks RCA |
Verra | REDD+ | Active Verification approval requested |
Not stated | 1,294,618 | 105,496 | Named place |
| DelAgua Clean Cooking Grouped Project in Sierra Leone VCS3837 · Sierra Leone · DelAgua Health Sierra Leone (Voluntary) Limited (P... |
Verra | Cookstoves | Active Verification approval requested |
Not stated | 1,291,165 | 0 | Country only |
| Joburg Landfill Gas to Energy Project VCS1240 · South Africa · ENERGY JOBURG RF (PTY) Limited (PP) |
Verra | Landfill Methane | Active Verification approval requested |
Not stated | 1,279,951 | 1,279,951 | Country only |
| Eastern DRC Cookstove Project - South Kivu VCS2636 · Democratic Republic of the Congo · OBEN EAC S.A |
Verra | Cookstoves | Active Registered |
Not stated | 1,273,827 | 0 | Country only |
| Scatec RMI Hybrid Cluster VCS5488 · South Africa · Multiple Project Proponents |
Verra | RE Bundled | Active Registered |
Not stated | 1,266,749 | 292,872 | Country only |
| GS10789 VPA2: Efficient and Clean Cooking for households in Kenya GS10791 · Kenya · ABLE IMPACT |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 1,264,381 | 160,372 | Country only |
| Installation of high efficiency wood burning cookstoves in Zimbabwe VCS2341 · Zimbabwe · Bridge Carbon Africa Stoves Development Private Li... |
Verra | Cookstoves | Withdrawn or inactive Withdrawn |
Not stated | 1,249,487 | 456,748 | Country only |
| Makame Savannah REDD VCS1900 · Tanzania · Carbon Tanzania (PP) |
Verra | REDD+ | Active Verification approval requested |
Not stated | 1,239,936 | 901,185 | Country only |
| Taiba N'Diaye Wind Power VCS2588 · Senegal · Parc Eolien Taiba N'Diaye S.A.U |
Verra | Wind | Active Registered |
Not stated | 1,206,865 | 469,198 | Country only |
| Reforestation of Degraded Forest Reserves in Ghana VCS987 · Ghana · Form Ghana Ltd (PP) |
Verra | Afforestation/Reforestation | Active Registered |
Not stated | 1,138,349 | 1,023,630 | Country only |
| Natural High Forest Rehabilitation Project on degraded land of Kibale... VCS673 · Uganda · PRIMAKLIMA e.V. (PP) |
Verra | Afforestation/Reforestation | Active Registered |
Not stated | 1,092,577 | 1,060,379 | Named place |
| Installation of high efficiency wood burning cookstoves in Tanzania VCS2366 · Tanzania · Bridge Carbon Africa Stoves Development Private Li... |
Verra | Cookstoves | Active Verification approval requested |
Not stated | 1,041,714 | 302,798 | Country only |
| TIST Program in Kenya, VCS 006 VCS899 · Kenya · Clean Air Action Corporation (PP) |
Verra | Afforestation/Reforestation | Active Registered |
Not stated | 1,001,808 | 984,120 | Country only |
| *Improved Household Charcoal Stoves in Mali GS414 · Mali · Swiss Carbon Value Ltd. |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 1,001,341 | 1,000,701 | Project location |
| TIST Program in Kenya, VCS 005 VCS737 · Kenya · Clean Air Action Corporation (PP) |
Verra | Afforestation/Reforestation | Active Registered |
Not stated | 997,867 | 997,728 | Country only |
| Hifadhi-Livelihoods Improved Cookstove Project in Tharaka Nithi County... GS7495 · Kenya · Livelihoods Fund SICAV SIF |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 978,919 | 193,812 | Country only |
| Installation of high efficiency wood burning cookstoves in Zambia - Pr... VCS2371 · Zambia · Multiple Project Proponents |
Verra | Cookstoves | Withdrawn or inactive Withdrawn |
Not stated | 951,836 | 227,713 | Country only |
| BioLite Africa Improved Stove Program VCS4151 · Rwanda · BioLite (PP) |
Verra | Cookstoves | Active Registered |
Not stated | 922,902 | 220,614 | Country only |
| Eritrea Community Boreholes GS5125 · Eritrea · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 914,791 | 676,739 | Project 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.