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Carbon projects in Ghana
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
73
23 active · 34 in the pipeline
Credits issued
15,628,755
tonnes CO₂-equivalent, all vintages
Credits retired
10,413,290
67% of issued
Nature-based · blue carbon
20 · 1
8 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
33 of 73 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gyapa Cook Stoves Project in Ghana GS407 · Relief International |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 6,381,551 | 5,119,860 | Project location |
| GS1385 Man and Man Enterprise Improved Cooking Stoves Programme in Gha... GS2094 · Man and Man Enterprise |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households +1 | 4,066,482 | 2,150,788 | Project location |
| *Improved Household Charcoal Stoves in Ghana GS413 · E+Carbon Inc |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 1,534,448 | 1,531,729 | Corrected location |
| Reforestation of Degraded Forest Reserves in Ghana VCS987 · Form Ghana Ltd (PP) |
Verra | Afforestation/Reforestation | Active Registered |
Not stated | 1,138,349 | 1,023,630 | Country only |
| Improved Cookstove Distribution in Ghana by EKI VCS3801 · EKI Energy Services Limited (PP) |
Verra | Cookstoves | Active Verification approval requested |
Not stated | 549,989 | 0 | Country only |
| GS1385 Man and Man Enterprise Improved Cooking Stoves Programme in Gha... GS11564 · Man and Man Enterprise |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 418,612 | 18,387 | Country only |
| GS1385 Man and Man Enterprise Improved Cooking Stoves Programme in Gha... GS11624 · Man and Man Enterprise |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 413,278 | 0 | Country only |
| REFORESTATION OF DEGRADED FOREST RESERVE AREAS IN GHANA, WEST AFRICA VCS2410 · Miro Forestry Developments Limited |
Verra | Afforestation/Reforestation | Active Verification approval requested |
Not stated | 399,740 | 395,024 | Country only |
| GS1385 Man and Man Enterprise Improved Cooking Stoves Programme in Gha... GS12233 · Man and Man Enterprise |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 229,019 | 0 | Country only |
| TW Ghana ODS Project VCS1752 · Tradewater, LLC |
Verra | Ozone Depleting Substances Recovery & Destruction | Withdrawn or inactive Late to Verify |
Not stated | 155,431 | 152,431 | Country only |
| GS1385 Man and Man Enterprise Improved Cooking Stoves Programme in Gha... GS12462 · Man and Man Enterprise |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 101,335 | 0 | Country only |
| GS1264: Native Clean Water Programme West Africa: VPA(01) Ghana GS1294 · NATIVE A PUBLIC BENEFIT CORPORATION |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 82,758 | 3,450 | Corrected location |
| African Improved Cooking Stoves Grouped Project VCS983 · Vitol SA (PP) |
Verra | Cookstoves | Withdrawn or inactive Late to Verify |
Not stated | 48,944 | 2 | Country only |
| GS1264: Native Clean Water Programme West Africa- VPA (03) Santrokofi... GS5802 · NATIVE A PUBLIC BENEFIT CORPORATION |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 44,112 | 0 | Project location |
| GS10789 VPA71: Efficient and Clean Cooking for households in Ghana GS11672 · Global Cookstoves Ltd. |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 28,294 | 0 | Country only |
| JOil Jatropha plantation in Ghana GS11154 · JOIL (S) Pte. Ltd. |
Gold Standard | Afforestation/Reforestation | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
local communities | 18,752 | 8,001 | Country only |
| Kwamisa/Other reserves community Forest Project VCS3425 · Multiple Project Proponents |
Verra | Afforestation/Reforestation | Active Registered |
Not stated | 12,418 | 6,480 | Country only |
| Clean Cook Stoves in Sub-Saharan Africa by ClimateCare Limited - CER C... VCS2389 · Credits transferred from approved GHG program |
Verra | Cookstoves | Active Units transferred from approved GH... |
Not stated | 3,508 | 3,508 | Country only |
| VPA1 - Improved Charcoal Cookstove in Ashanti and Central Regions of G... GS12871 · EcoLinks Co. Ltd |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 1,735 | 0 | Country only |
| Ghana ART0106 · Forestry Commission of Ghana |
ART | Jurisdictional REDD+ | In the pipeline Listed |
Not stated | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| GS936 CookClean Ghana Limited - CPA01 GS1000 · Climate Impact Partners Limited |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | In the pipeline Listed |
Not stated | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| Native Energy Hydraid BioSand Water Filter Programme West Africa GS1264 · NATIVE A PUBLIC BENEFIT CORPORATION |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Certified design Gold Standard Certified Design |
Not stated | 0 | 0 | Corrected location |
| GS1385 Man and Man Enterprise Improved Cooking Stoves Programme in Gha... GS1385 · Man and Man Enterprise |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Certified design Gold Standard Certified Design |
households | 0 | 0 | Project location |
| Sankofa plantation in Ghana by Alliances for Action GS11569 · GS Delta Orphan Account |
Gold Standard | Afforestation/Reforestation | In the pipeline Listed |
smallholder or rural f... | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| Beyond Biomass: UpEnergy Electric Cooking-VPA 6 GS11584 · UpEnergy Group |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Certified design Gold Standard Certified Design |
Not stated | 0 | 0 | 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.