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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GS11638 GS11640 RVPA-4 SPOUTS Water Purifier Programme in Africa- WPS... GS12801 · Uganda · AGS Carbon Advisory |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households +1 | 30,472 | 0 | Country only |
| IMPROVED COOKSTOVES DISTRIBUTION IN MOZAMBIQUE – SOFALA AND MANICA PRO... VCS4044 · Mozambique · Eni S.p.A. |
Verra | Cookstoves | Active Registered |
Not stated | 30,350 | 0 | Country only |
| GS5047 VPA49 African Improved Cookstoves and Clean Water Programme: Gi... GS10742 · Rwanda · Likano Project Development GmbH |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 30,313 | 11,656 | Country only |
| Up Energy Improved Cookstoves Programme Uganda – CPA No 024 supported... GS11513 · Uganda · UpEnergy Group |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 30,270 | 30,270 | Country only |
| Highveld Air Quality - Wesselton project GS993 · South Africa · Nova Institute |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 30,118 | 30,118 | Project location |
| GS1247 VPA 136 Zoba Maekel Community Boreholes GS6237 · Eritrea · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 29,871 | 20,657 | Programme location |
| Up Energy Improved Cookstoves Programme Uganda – CPA No 025 supported... GS11514 · Uganda · UpEnergy Group |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 29,844 | 29,844 | Country only |
| GS1247 VPA 151 Improved Kitchen Regimes: Gatsibo District Borehole Pro... GS6786 · Rwanda · Deactivated Projects |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 29,812 | 29,812 | Programme location |
| Small-scale solar electrical programme South Africa – CPA-006 GS12001 · South Africa · BLUE WORLD CARBON ASSET MANAGEMENT (PTY) LTD |
Gold Standard | Solar - Distributed | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 29,613 | 29,613 | Country only |
| CDM-KE-011 Kenya EcoEye Mombasa Project GS11692 · Kenya · GREEN DEVELOPMENT AS |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 29,466 | 0 | Country only |
| Up Energy Improved Cookstoves Programme Uganda – CPA No 026 supported... GS11515 · Uganda · UpEnergy Group |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 29,436 | 29,436 | Country only |
| Small-scale solar electrical programme South Africa – CPA-012 GS12007 · South Africa · BLUE WORLD CARBON ASSET MANAGEMENT (PTY) LTD |
Gold Standard | Solar - Distributed | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 29,351 | 29,351 | Country only |
| Nairobi River Basin Biogas Project GS939 · Kenya · atmosfair gGmbH |
Gold Standard | Biodigesters | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 29,249 | 1,126 | Project location |
| GS1247 VPA 80 Lango Safe Water Project GS5194 · Uganda · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 29,234 | 27,782 | Programme location |
| Up Energy Improved Cookstoves Programme Uganda – CPA No 027 supported... GS11516 · Uganda · UpEnergy Group |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 29,165 | 29,165 | Country only |
| GS1247 VPA 155 Improved Kitchen Regimes: Gatsibo District Borehole Pro... GS6790 · Rwanda · Deactivated Projects |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 29,164 | 29,164 | Programme location |
| Solar cooking in Chad Touloum (VPA2) GS12011 · Chad · FairClimateFund |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
women +1 | 29,142 | 0 | Country only |
| GS1247 VPA 138 BioLite Improved Stove Programme Uganda GS6344 · Uganda · Erik Wurster |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 29,110 | 23,980 | Country only |
| GS5047 VPA33 African Improved Cookstoves and Clean Water Programme: Ny... GS7448 · Rwanda · Likano Project Development GmbH |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 29,004 | 21,015 | Programme location |
| Up Energy Improved Cookstoves Programme Uganda – CPA No 028 supported... GS11517 · Uganda · UpEnergy Group |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 28,800 | 28,800 | Country only |
| 15 MW solar plants to power COP27 GS12137 · Egypt · First Climate (Switzerland) AG |
Gold Standard | Solar - Centralized | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 28,674 | 0 | Country only |
| GS1247 VPA 144 Manicaland Safe Water GS6520 · Zimbabwe · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 28,581 | 21,734 | Programme location |
| Community Carbon Safe Water Drinking Programme VPA10 GS11245 · Malawi · Community Carbon |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 28,553 | 11,868 | Country only |
| Up Energy Improved Cookstoves Programme Uganda – CPA No 029 supported... GS11518 · Uganda · UpEnergy Group |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 28,529 | 28,529 | Country only |
| GS1247 VPA 153 Improved Kitchen Regimes: Gatsibo District Borehole Pro... GS6788 · Rwanda · Deactivated Projects |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 28,515 | 28,515 | Programme 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.