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Carbon Projects
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Safe Water Programme – Kenya – VPA 42 GS11300 · Kenya · Impact Carbon |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
schools | 266,273 | 55,058 | Country only |
| Grassland Restoration and Stewardship in South Africa (GRASS) VCS2931 · South Africa · Multiple Project Proponents |
Verra | Sustainable Agriculture | Active Registered |
Not stated | 266,254 | 26,074 | Country only |
| GS10884 - KOKO Kenya - Ethanol Cookstoves Program - CPA-0001 GS10885 · Kenya · KOKO Network limited |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 263,951 | 84 | Country only |
| BQS improved cookstoves for Burundi's schools VCS2616 · Burundi · Burundi Quality Stoves S.A. |
Verra | Cookstoves | Active Registered |
Not stated | 263,695 | 60,374 | Country only |
| Safe Water Programme – Nigeria – VPA 21 GS11279 · Nigeria · Impact Carbon |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
schools | 263,587 | 53,213 | Country only |
| GS7591 VPA 19 Central Mozambique Safe Water Programme GS7639 · Mozambique · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 261,632 | 233,932 | Country only |
| Safe Water Programme – Kenya – VPA 38 GS11296 · Kenya · Impact Carbon |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
schools | 261,259 | 105,497 | Country only |
| Project for the catalytic reduction of N2O emissions with a secondary... VCS2394 · South Africa · Converted From a another GHG program CDM |
Verra | N2O Destruction in Nitric Acid Production | Active Units transferred from approved GH... |
Not stated | 261,199 | 261,199 | Country only |
| Safe Water Programme – Kenya – VPA 39 GS11297 · Kenya · Impact Carbon |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
schools | 259,839 | 54,551 | Country only |
| Safe Water Programme – Kenya – VPA 35 GS11293 · Kenya · Impact Carbon |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
schools | 258,699 | 68,883 | Country only |
| MicroEnergy Credits – Microfinance for Clean Energy Product Lines – Af... VCS2837 · Kenya · MicroEnergy Credits Corp (PP) |
Verra | Bundled Energy Efficiency | Active Verification approval requested |
Not stated | 258,662 | 22,390 | Country only |
| GS2446 GS1265 African Biomass Energy Conservation PoA Malawi Biomass... GS2446 · Malawi · Hestian Innovation |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 258,551 | 216,958 | Corrected location |
| OYU - Building Sustainable Ugandan Communities VPA12 GS12627 · Uganda · SHRI MAA MARKETING PRIVATE LIMITED |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households +1 | 257,911 | 39,413 | Country only |
| Integrated Biomass Energy Conservation Project - Malawi GS613 · Malawi · Hestian Innovation |
Gold Standard | Bundled Energy Efficiency | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
smallholder or rural f... +1 | 256,522 | 256,013 | Project location |
| Up Energy Improved Cookstoves Programme Uganda – CPA No 005 GS10903 · Uganda · UpEnergy Group |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 255,977 | 139,477 | Country only |
| Safe Water Programme – Kenya – VPA 33 GS11291 · Kenya · Impact Carbon |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
schools | 252,574 | 101,915 | Country only |
| Safe Water Programme – Nigeria – VPA 05 GS11263 · Nigeria · Impact Carbon |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
schools | 251,705 | 129,775 | Country only |
| Matebe Hydroelectric plant VCS1716 · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Virunga Energies |
Verra | Hydropower | Active Registered |
Not stated | 251,509 | 141,976 | Country only |
| Up Energy Improved Cookstoves Programme Uganda – CPA No 007 GS10905 · Uganda · UpEnergy Group |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 251,458 | 170,756 | Country only |
| Safe Water Programme – Kenya – VPA 40 GS11298 · Kenya · Impact Carbon |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
schools | 250,225 | 121,217 | Country only |
| Safe Water Programme – Nigeria – VPA 15 GS11273 · Nigeria · Impact Carbon |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
schools | 249,298 | 122,085 | Country only |
| Mali Safe Drinking Water Program GS12441 · Mali · Lift Solution Limited |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 248,876 | 0 | Country only |
| MicroEnergy Credits – Microfinance for Solar Lamps in Kenya VCS3767 · Kenya · MicroEnergy Credits Corp (PP) |
Verra | Solar Lighting | Active Registered |
Not stated | 248,552 | 0 | Country only |
| Safe Water Programme – Kenya – VPA 41 GS11299 · Kenya · Impact Carbon |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
schools | 248,078 | 57,706 | 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.