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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arborify Cookstoves Togo GS12069 · Togo · Africa 4 Climate SA |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 6,396 | 6,396 | Country only |
| GS5658 VPA 21: Access to energy for local development and women's empo... GS10776 · Mozambique · Carbonsink (Carbonsink Group S.r.l.) |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 6,238 | 5,688 | Country only |
| GS5047 VPA91 African Improved Cookstoves and Clean Water Programme: Gi... GS11026 · Rwanda · Likano Project Development GmbH |
Gold Standard | Bundled Energy Efficiency | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 6,097 | 0 | Country only |
| GS7591 VPA 61 Improved Cookstove Distribution in Kayonza Bugesera and... GS12618 · Rwanda · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 5,860 | 104 | Country only |
| GS11677 Malawi Biomass Energy Conservation Programme CPA 2 GS11902 · Malawi · Hestian Innovation |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 5,692 | 0 | Country only |
| Solar Drip Irrigation for Smallholder Farmers in Morocco GS10823 · Morocco · atmosfair gGmbH |
Gold Standard | Solar - Distributed | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
smallholder or rural f... | 5,510 | 288 | Country only |
| GS2504 Voluntary Gold Standard Multi-country Improved Cookstove PoA-Fl... GS5780 · Kenya · South Pole Ltd |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
local communities | 5,469 | 5,434 | Project location |
| Highveld Air Quality - Sakhile project GS991 · South Africa · Nova Institute |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 5,455 | 5,455 | Project location |
| Kenya biomass gasification for clean cooking GS11352 · Kenya · Better Cooking Company Inc. |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 5,200 | 5,200 | Country only |
| Brickstar Wood Stove - Mahlaba Area GS4536 · South Africa · Nova Institute |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households +1 | 5,156 | 4,893 | Project location |
| Installation of high efficiency wood burning cookstoves in Kenya 2 VCS3206 · Kenya · Bridge Carbon EA Stoves Private Limited (PP) |
Verra | Cookstoves | Active Registered |
Not stated | 5,138 | 2,930 | Country only |
| GS1366 Micro Energy PoA VPA 4 Mogotio Improved Cookstoves Kenya GS3080 · Kenya · QK TS Pvt. Ltd. |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 4,937 | 4,937 | Project location |
| GS1340 - Efficient cookstoves in Burkina Faso – tiipaalga F3PA cooksto... GS10927 · Burkina Faso · Tiipaalga |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 4,836 | 0 | Country only |
| GS1247 VPA 287 - Burkina Faso Safe Water GS11083 · Burkina Faso · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 4,744 | 0 | Country only |
| Agroforestry and reforestation with small-scale farmers in Uganda VCS2471 · Uganda · The PURE PROJECT SAS (PP) |
Verra | Afforestation/Reforestation | Active Registered |
Not stated | 4,692 | 0 | Country only |
| GS1366 Micro Energy PoA VPA 3 Wema Improved Cookstoves Kenya GS3079 · Kenya · QK TS Pvt. Ltd. |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 4,665 | 4,665 | Project location |
| Mabwepande Composting Facility for Market Waste GS5988 · Tanzania · atmosfair gGmbH |
Gold Standard | Composting | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 4,509 | 4,509 | Project location |
| GS5047 VPA63 African Improved Cookstoves and Clean Water Programme: Ib... GS10994 · Rwanda · Likano Project Development GmbH |
Gold Standard | Bundled Energy Efficiency | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 4,215 | 4,201 | Country only |
| Madagascar Improved Cookstove Project by KCM-Wood#CPA-W-004 - CER Conv... VCS4974 · Madagascar · Converted from other GHG program (PP) |
Verra | Cookstoves | Active Units transferred from approved GH... |
Not stated | 4,206 | 0 | Country only |
| Shimoni Improved Cook Stoves GS827 · Kenya · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 4,119 | 4,055 | Project location |
| International Lifeline Fund Uganda CPA1 (ILFUg01) GS2518 · Uganda · Deactivated Projects |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 4,052 | 0 | Country only |
| Highveld Air Quality - EMM south project GS990 · South Africa · Nova Institute |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 4,034 | 4,034 | Project location |
| Crescendo Safe Water Supply GS12213 · Nigeria · CRESCENDO AFFORESTATION FOUNDATION |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
women +2 | 3,895 | 0 | Country only |
| GS1340 - Efficient cookstoves in Burkina Faso – tiipaalga F3PA cooksto... GS10928 · Burkina Faso · Tiipaalga |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 3,754 | 0 | Country only |
| GS12102 VPA-4 Improved cooking experience to reduce charcoal consumpti... GS12247 · Mozambique · Carbonsink (Carbonsink Group S.r.l.) |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 3,723 | 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.