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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 156,206 | 3,423 | Country only |
| TIST Program in Uganda, VCS-CCB 010 VCS2339 · Uganda · Clean Air Action Corporation (PP) |
Verra | Afforestation/Reforestation | Active Registered |
Not stated | 155,813 | 128,241 | Country only |
| TW Ghana ODS Project VCS1752 · Ghana · Tradewater, LLC |
Verra | Ozone Depleting Substances Recovery & Destruction | Withdrawn or inactive Late to Verify |
Not stated | 155,431 | 152,431 | 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 | 154,440 | 154,440 | 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... | 153,490 | 113,114 | 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 | 153,378 | 79,333 | 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 | 153,378 | 79,333 | 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 | 153,378 | 58,562 | 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 | 153,378 | 85,499 | 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 | 152,981 | 0 | Country only |
| Improved Jikos - Better Living for Rural Population GS2457 · Kenya · Fastenaktion |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households +1 | 152,465 | 78,375 | 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 | 151,457 | 151,457 | 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 | 150,533 | 51,052 | 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 | 150,378 | 4,306 | 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 | 149,417 | 31,441 | 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 | 148,976 | 64,231 | 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 | 147,881 | 118,946 | Country only |
| Interwaste Landfill gas Grouped Project VCS1794 · South Africa · Interwaste (Pty) Ltd |
Verra | Landfill Methane | Active Registered |
Not stated | 147,124 | 145,835 | 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 | 146,245 | 17,692 | Country only |
| Safe Water Programme – Kenya - VPA 54 GS12256 · Kenya · Impact Carbon |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
schools | 146,113 | 48,278 | 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 | 143,577 | 121,821 | 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 | 142,130 | 142,010 | 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 | 141,430 | 0 | 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 | 140,572 | 0 | 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 | 139,529 | 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.