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Carbon projects in Malawi
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
162
98 active · 40 in the pipeline
Credits issued
20,039,166
tonnes CO₂-equivalent, all vintages
Credits retired
11,139,501
56% of issued
Nature-based · blue carbon
13 · 0
14 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
103 of 162 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GS1247 VPA 104 Improved Kitchen Regimes Multi-Country PoA - Kasungu Bo... GS5344 · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households +1 | 62,737 | 62,278 | Country only |
| GS1247 VPA 103 Improved Kitchen Regimes Multi-Country PoA - Kasungu Bo... GS5343 · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households +1 | 62,412 | 60,006 | Country only |
| Improved Cookstove Distribution in Malawi by EKI Phase 01 VCS4058 · EKI Energy Services Limited (PP) |
Verra | Cookstoves | Active Registered |
Not stated | 62,082 | 0 | Country only |
| GS11677 GS11902 Malawi Biomass Energy Conservation Programme CPA 12 GS11912 · Hestian Innovation |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 60,643 | 0 | Country only |
| GS1247 VPA 102 Improved Kitchen Regimes Multi-Country PoA - Kasungu Bo... GS5342 · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households +1 | 60,034 | 53,877 | Country only |
| GS1247 VPA 114 Improved Kitchen Regimes Multi-Country PoA - Dowa Boreh... GS5439 · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households +1 | 59,898 | 59,459 | Country only |
| GS1247 VPA 112 Improved Kitchen Regimes Multi-Country PoA - Dowa Boreh... GS5437 · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households +1 | 58,722 | 48,391 | Country only |
| GS1247 VPA 113 Improved Kitchen Regimes Multi-Country PoA - Dowa Boreh... GS5438 · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households +1 | 58,529 | 54,595 | Country only |
| GS1247 VPA 115 Improved Kitchen Regimes Multi-Country PoA - Dowa Boreh... GS5440 · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households +1 | 56,418 | 55,690 | Country only |
| GS11677 GS11902 Malawi Biomass Energy Conservation Programme CPA 11 GS11911 · Hestian Innovation |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 54,887 | 0 | Country only |
| GS11677 GS11902 Malawi Biomass Energy Conservation Programme CPA 21 GS11921 · Hestian Innovation |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 54,712 | 2,236 | Country only |
| GS1247 VPA 116 Improved Kitchen Regimes Multi-Country PoA - Dowa Boreh... GS5441 · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households +1 | 53,951 | 41,354 | Country only |
| GS11677 GS11902 Malawi Biomass Energy Conservation Programme CPA 10 GS11910 · Hestian Innovation |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 53,246 | 40,063 | Country only |
| GS11677 GS11902 Malawi Biomass Energy Conservation Programme CPA 14 GS11914 · Hestian Innovation |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 52,694 | 0 | Country only |
| GS11677 GS11902 Malawi Biomass Energy Conservation Programme CPA 7 GS11907 · Hestian Innovation |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 46,689 | 77 | Country only |
| GS11677 GS11902 Malawi Biomass Energy Conservation Programme CPA 9 GS11909 · Hestian Innovation |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 46,471 | 39,937 | Country only |
| UpEnergy-Social and Climate Impact Programme- Cooking Devices VPA-26 GS12474 · UpEnergy Group |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 46,185 | 0 | Country only |
| GS11677 GS11902 Malawi Biomass Energy Conservation Programme CPA 31 GS11929 · Hestian Innovation |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 44,236 | 0 | Country only |
| CHITETEZO MBAULA PROJECT – MALAWI VCS4144 · CO2Logic SA (PP) |
Verra | Cookstoves | Active Registered |
Not stated | 43,550 | 17,669 | Country only |
| GS11677 GS11902 Malawi Biomass Energy Conservation Programme CPA 6 GS11906 · Hestian Innovation |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 41,492 | 0 | Country only |
| GS5382 Energy for Sustainable Development - Malawi 1 GS5383 · United Purpose Ltd |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 37,894 | 37,892 | Project location |
| GS5382 Energy for Sustainable Development – Malawi 2 GS5447 · United Purpose Ltd |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 36,766 | 36,764 | Project location |
| GS1247 VPA 259 Improved Kitchen Regimes Multi-Country PoA - Dowa Boreh... GS10799 · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households +1 | 34,788 | 18,650 | Country only |
| GS1247 VPA 260 Improved Kitchen Regimes Multi-Country PoA - Dowa Boreh... GS10800 · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households +1 | 34,016 | 15,456 | Country only |
| GS1247 VPA 264 Improved Kitchen Regimes Multi-Country PoA - Dowa Boreh... GS10804 · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households +1 | 33,997 | 17,570 | 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.