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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GS10884 - KOKO Kenya - Ethanol Cookstoves Program - CPA-0002 GS11440 · Kenya · KOKO Network limited |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 14,941,932 | 181,520 | Country only |
| Northern Kenya Grassland Carbon Project VCS1468 · Kenya · Northern Rangelands Trust |
Verra | Sustainable Grassland Management | Active Verification approval requested |
Not stated | 6,763,174 | 1,975,548 | Country only |
| Sustainable Deployment of the LifeStraw Family in rural Kenya GS886 · Kenya · Vestergaard Frandsen Group SA |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 4,476,205 | 4,447,661 | Project location |
| Burn Stoves Project in Kenya GS5642 · Kenya · ECOA Climate Capital |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 2,948,369 | 2,794,231 | Programme location |
| Hifadhi Improved cook-stoves in Embu County Kenya GS2898 · Kenya · Livelihoods Fund SICAV SIF |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 2,062,279 | 1,408,076 | Project location |
| Stoves for Life: Energy Efficient Cook Stoves Project in Kakamega Keny... GS769 · Kenya · myclimate Foundation |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households +2 | 1,938,784 | 1,848,132 | Project location |
| Energy Efficient Cook Stoves for Siaya Communities Kenya GS879 · Kenya · myclimate Foundation |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households +3 | 1,797,944 | 1,423,843 | Project location |
| Circle Gas LPG Smart Meter Program in Kenya GS11331 · Kenya · CIRCLE GAS LIMITED |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households +2 | 1,649,665 | 549,256 | Country only |
| Multi-Layer Household Water Filtration System in Kenya GS11207 · Kenya · Profit Carbon Environmental Energy Technology (Sha... |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 1,371,752 | 249,918 | Country only |
| GS10789 VPA2: Efficient and Clean Cooking for households in Kenya GS10791 · Kenya · ABLE IMPACT |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 1,264,381 | 160,372 | Country only |
| TIST Program in Kenya, VCS 006 VCS899 · Kenya · Clean Air Action Corporation (PP) |
Verra | Afforestation/Reforestation | Active Registered |
Not stated | 1,001,808 | 984,120 | Country only |
| TIST Program in Kenya, VCS 005 VCS737 · Kenya · Clean Air Action Corporation (PP) |
Verra | Afforestation/Reforestation | Active Registered |
Not stated | 997,867 | 997,728 | Country only |
| Hifadhi-Livelihoods Improved Cookstove Project in Tharaka Nithi County... GS7495 · Kenya · Livelihoods Fund SICAV SIF |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 978,919 | 193,812 | Country only |
| Installation of high efficiency wood burning cookstoves in Kenya VCS2349 · Kenya · Bridge Carbon Africa Stoves Development Private Li... |
Verra | Cookstoves | Active Registered |
Not stated | 480,466 | 196,015 | Country only |
| Empowering Kenya through Positive Impact Cooking by d.light GS12307 · Kenya · Climate Secure India Pvt. Ltd |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
women | 472,633 | 382,331 | Country only |
| GS10789 VPA3: Efficient and Clean Cooking for households in Kenya GS10792 · Kenya · ECC- Talanton Trust |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 423,242 | 103 | Country only |
| Top Third Ventures Stove Programme CPA KE0008 – BURN Efficient Cooksto... GS11614 · Kenya · ECOA Climate Capital |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 408,011 | 165,452 | Country only |
| GS5304 MKOPA Solar Lighting Programme of Activities - Kenya VPA 1 GS5314 · Kenya · Climate Impact Partners Limited |
Gold Standard | Solar Lighting | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 347,991 | 274,166 | Country only |
| Kenya Agricultural Carbon Project VCS1225 · Kenya · Vi Agroforestry Programme |
Verra | Sustainable Agriculture | Active Verification approval requested |
Not stated | 325,825 | 195,129 | Country only |
| GS5304 MKOPA Solar Lighting Programme of Activities – Kenya VPA 4 GS5317 · Kenya · Climate Impact Partners Limited |
Gold Standard | Solar Lighting | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 319,685 | 142,460 | Country only |
| Paradigm Kenya Clean Cookstoves Project VCS1918 · Kenya · Blue Source, LLC (PP) |
Verra | Cookstoves | Active Registered |
Not stated | 308,825 | 260,474 | Country only |
| TIST Program in Kenya, VCS 009 VCS996 · Kenya · Clean Air Action Corporation (PP) |
Verra | Afforestation/Reforestation | Active Registered |
Not stated | 299,772 | 299,772 | Country only |
| Safe Water Programme – Kenya – VPA 36 GS11294 · Kenya · Impact Carbon |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
schools | 272,996 | 76,905 | Country only |
| Safe Water Programme – Kenya – VPA 34 GS11292 · Kenya · Impact Carbon |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
schools | 271,187 | 79,373 | Country only |
| Safe Water Programme – Kenya – VPA 37 GS11295 · Kenya · Impact Carbon |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
schools | 268,290 | 106,433 | 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.