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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

ProjectRegistryTypeStatusCommunity IssuedRetiredLocation
Madagascar Improved Cookstove Project by KCM-Wood#CPA-W-002
VCS2312 · Madagascar · Korea Carbon Management Ltd (PP)
Verra Cookstoves Active
Verification approval requested
Not stated 156,2063,423 Country only
TIST Program in Uganda, VCS-CCB 010
VCS2339 · Uganda · Clean Air Action Corporation (PP)
Verra Afforestation/Reforestation Active
Registered
Not stated 155,813128,241 Country only
TW Ghana ODS Project
VCS1752 · Ghana · Tradewater, LLC
Verra Ozone Depleting Substances Recovery & Destruction Withdrawn or inactive
Late to Verify
Not stated 155,431152,431 Country only
EnviroServ Chloorkop Landfill Gas Recovery Project - CER Conversion
VCS1514 · South Africa · Credits transferred from approved GHG program
Verra Landfill Methane Active
Units transferred from approved GH...
Not stated 154,440154,440 Country only
GS7591 VPA 9 Northern Uganda Safe Water Project
GS7594 · Uganda · CO2balance UK ltd
Gold Standard Community Boreholes Active
Gold Standard Certified Project
community groups or co... 153,490113,114 Country only
Up Energy Improved Cookstoves Programme Uganda – CPA No 017
GS10915 · Uganda · UpEnergy Group
Gold Standard Cookstoves Active
Gold Standard Certified Project
Not stated 153,37879,333 Country only
Up Energy Improved Cookstoves Programme Uganda – CPA No 018
GS10916 · Uganda · UpEnergy Group
Gold Standard Cookstoves Active
Gold Standard Certified Project
Not stated 153,37879,333 Country only
Up Energy Improved Cookstoves Programme Uganda – CPA No 019
GS10917 · Uganda · UpEnergy Group
Gold Standard Cookstoves Active
Gold Standard Certified Project
Not stated 153,37858,562 Country only
Up Energy Improved Cookstoves Programme Uganda – CPA No 020
GS10918 · Uganda · UpEnergy Group
Gold Standard Cookstoves Active
Gold Standard Certified Project
Not stated 153,37885,499 Country only
Madagascar Improved Cook Stove Project by KCM-Wood#CPA-W-014
VCS2772 · Madagascar · Korea Carbon Management Ltd (PP)
Verra Cookstoves Active
Verification approval requested
Not stated 152,9810 Country only
Improved Jikos - Better Living for Rural Population
GS2457 · Kenya · Fastenaktion
Gold Standard Cookstoves Active
Gold Standard Certified Project
households +1 152,46578,375 Project location
N2O ABATEMENT PROJECT AT AEL 11_
VCS1872 · South Africa · Multiple Project Proponents
Verra N2O Destruction in Nitric Acid Production Withdrawn or inactive
Late to Verify
Not stated 151,457151,457 Country only
Namene Solar Light Company: Solar Lighting Project Zambia 1
GS7002 · Zambia · NAMENE CLIMATE INVESTMENT VEHICLE LIMITED
Gold Standard Solar Lighting Active
Gold Standard Certified Project
households +2 150,53351,052 Project location
Madagascar Improved Cook Stove Project by KCM-Wood#CPA-W-017
VCS2775 · Madagascar · Korea Carbon Management Ltd (PP)
Verra Cookstoves Active
Verification approval requested
Not stated 150,3784,306 Country only
GS7591 VPA 46 Improved Cookstove Distribution in Kayonza Bugesera and...
GS11205 · Rwanda · CO2balance UK ltd
Gold Standard Cookstoves Active
Gold Standard Certified Project
households 149,41731,441 Country only
GS11638 VPA-2 SPOUTS Water Purifier Programme in Africa- WPS in Uganda...
GS11640 · Uganda · AGS Carbon Advisory
Gold Standard Clean Water Active
Gold Standard Certified Project
households +1 148,97664,231 Country only
GS7591 VPA 25 Central Mozambique Safe Water Programme
GS7645 · Mozambique · CO2balance UK ltd
Gold Standard Clean Water Active
Gold Standard Certified Project
households 147,881118,946 Country only
Interwaste Landfill gas Grouped Project
VCS1794 · South Africa · Interwaste (Pty) Ltd
Verra Landfill Methane Active
Registered
Not stated 147,124145,835 Country only
UpEnergy-Social and Climate Impact Programme- Cooking Devices VPA-4
GS10970 · Malawi · UpEnergy Group
Gold Standard Cookstoves Active
Gold Standard Certified Project
Not stated 146,24517,692 Country only
Safe Water Programme – Kenya - VPA 54
GS12256 · Kenya · Impact Carbon
Gold Standard Clean Water Active
Gold Standard Certified Project
schools 146,11348,278 Country only
GS7591 VPA 26 Central Mozambique Safe Water Programme
GS7646 · Mozambique · CO2balance UK ltd
Gold Standard Clean Water Active
Gold Standard Certified Project
households 143,577121,821 Country only
African Biogas Carbon Programme (ABC) - Tanzania - CAMARTEC - VPA002
GS2751 · Tanzania · AFRICA BIOENERGY PROGRAMS LIMITED
Gold Standard Biodigesters Active
Gold Standard Certified Project
households +1 142,130142,010 Country only
Madagascar Improved Cook Stove Project by KCM-Wood#CPA-W-019
VCS2777 · Madagascar · Korea Carbon Management Ltd (PP)
Verra Cookstoves Active
Verification approval requested
Not stated 141,4300 Country only
UpEnergy – Social and Climate Impact Programme-Cooking Devices VPA-6
GS11007 · Zambia · UpEnergy Group
Gold Standard Cookstoves Active
Gold Standard Certified Project
Not stated 140,5720 Country only
Madagascar Improved Cook Stove Project by KCM-Wood#CPA-W-016
VCS2774 · Madagascar · Korea Carbon Management Ltd (PP)
Verra Cookstoves Active
Verification approval requested
Not stated 139,5290 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.
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