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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GS936 CookClean Ghana Limited - CPA01 GS1000 · Ghana · Climate Impact Partners Limited |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | In the pipeline Listed |
Not stated | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| GS1023 Improved Cook Stoves programme for Rwanda GS1023 · Rwanda · atmosfair gGmbH |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Certified design Gold Standard Certified Design |
Not stated | 0 | 0 | Programme location |
| Tanga Improved Cook Stove Project GS1045 · Tanzania · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Certified design Gold Standard Certified Design |
Not stated | 0 | 0 | Project location |
| Arusha Improved Cookstoves Project GS1046 · Tanzania · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Certified design Gold Standard Certified Design |
households +1 | 0 | 0 | Project location |
| Solar cooking in Chad (PoA) GS1075 · Chad · FairClimateFund |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Certified design Gold Standard Certified Design |
Not stated | 0 | 0 | Project location |
| Musanze Improved Cook Stove Project GS1092 · Rwanda · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | In the pipeline Listed |
local communities | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| Gauteng Free State Mpumalanga Limpopo & Northern Cape CFL Replacement... GS1139 · South Africa · Eskom Holdings SOC Limited |
Gold Standard | Lighting | Certified design Gold Standard Certified Design |
households | 0 | 0 | Project location |
| North West KwaZulu-Natal & Eastern Cape CFL Replacement Project (2) in... GS1140 · South Africa · Eskom Holdings SOC Limited |
Gold Standard | Lighting | Certified design Gold Standard Certified Design |
households | 0 | 0 | Project location |
| CFL Replacement Programme of Activities in South Africa GS1141 · South Africa · Eskom Holdings SOC Limited |
Gold Standard | Lighting | Certified design Gold Standard Certified Design |
households | 0 | 0 | Project location |
| Historical Roll Out GS Large Scale VER Project GS1142 · South Africa · Eskom Holdings SOC Limited |
Gold Standard | Lighting | Certified design Gold Standard Certified Design |
households | 0 | 0 | Project location |
| GS1141 CLF Replacement Project Western Cape - CPA-01 GS1175 · South Africa · Eskom Holdings SOC Limited |
Gold Standard | Lighting | Certified design Gold Standard Certified Design |
households | 0 | 0 | Project location |
| GS1183 Kenya Improved woodstoves POA GS1183 · Kenya · EcoAct |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | In the pipeline Listed |
households | 0 | 0 | Programme location |
| GS1183 Kenya Improved woodstoves project Mbeere01 CPA01 GS1188 · Kenya · Climate Pal Ltd |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | In the pipeline Listed |
households | 0 | 0 | Project location |
| Deactivated Projects GS1205 · Comoros · Deactivated Projects |
Gold Standard | Bundled Energy Efficiency | Certified design Gold Standard Certified Design |
households | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| GS1247 Improved Kitchen Regimes Multi-Country PoA GS1247 · Zimbabwe · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Bundled Energy Efficiency | Certified design Gold Standard Certified Design |
local communities | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| Native Energy Hydraid BioSand Water Filter Programme West Africa GS1264 · Ghana · NATIVE A PUBLIC BENEFIT CORPORATION |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Certified design Gold Standard Certified Design |
Not stated | 0 | 0 | Corrected location |
| African Biomass Energy Conservation POA GS1265 · Rwanda · Hestian Innovation |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Certified design Gold Standard Certified Design |
households | 0 | 0 | Project location |
| Native Energy Hydraid BioSand Water Filter Program East Africa GS1289 · Ethiopia · NativeEnergy Inc. |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Certified design Gold Standard Certified Design |
households | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| Rehabilitation and Extension of Itete Hospital Hydropower Station GS1317 · Tanzania · Klima ohne Grenzen gGmbH |
Gold Standard | Hydropower | In the pipeline Listed |
villages | 0 | 0 | Project location |
| Paradigm Sub Saharan Africa Cook Stove Programme GS1324 · Rwanda · The Paradigm Project |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Certified design Gold Standard Certified Design |
women | 0 | 0 | Project location |
| GS 1324: Paradigm Sub Saharan Africa Programme of Activities - Rwanda... GS1325 · Rwanda · The Paradigm Project |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Certified design Gold Standard Certified Design |
women | 0 | 0 | Corrected location |
| Efficient Cookstoves in Burkina Faso (PoA) GS1340 · Burkina Faso · Tiipaalga |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Certified design Gold Standard Certified Design |
Not stated | 0 | 0 | Project location |
| GS 1366 Micro Energy PoA GS1366 · Kenya · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Certified design Gold Standard Certified Design |
households | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| GS1385 Man and Man Enterprise Improved Cooking Stoves Programme in Gha... GS1385 · Ghana · Man and Man Enterprise |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Certified design Gold Standard Certified Design |
households | 0 | 0 | Project location |
| GS1366 Micro Energy PoA VPA 1 Isiolo Cookstoves GS1388 · Kenya · QK TS Pvt. Ltd. |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Certified design Gold Standard Certified Design |
households | 0 | 0 | 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.