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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GS1340 Efficient cookstoves in Burkina Faso - VPA-16 - Improved Cookst... GS10780 · Burkina Faso · Tiipaalga |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households +2 | 49,262 | 32,176 | Country only |
| GS1340 Efficient cookstoves in Burkina Faso - VPA-15 - Improved Cookst... GS10779 · Burkina Faso · Tiipaalga |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households +2 | 49,156 | 35,163 | Country only |
| GS1247 VPA 17 Improved Kitchen Regimes Bugesera Rwanda GS3450 · Rwanda · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
local communities | 49,144 | 48,526 | Project location |
| African Improved Cooking Stoves Grouped Project VCS983 · Ghana · Vitol SA (PP) |
Verra | Cookstoves | Withdrawn or inactive Late to Verify |
Not stated | 48,944 | 2 | Country only |
| Fuel Efficient Stoves in Zambia CPA 1 VCS1251 · Zambia · 3 Rocks Limited (PP) |
Verra | Cookstoves | Withdrawn or inactive Late to Verify |
Not stated | 48,895 | 48,895 | Country only |
| GS1340 Efficient cookstoves in Burkina Faso – VPA-11 - tiipaalga F3PA... GS6152 · Burkina Faso · Tiipaalga |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 48,829 | 42,541 | Project location |
| GS1247 VPA 39 Improved Kitchen Regimes: Bugesera Rwanda GS3947 · Rwanda · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 48,474 | 48,043 | Programme location |
| Energy Efficient Stoves Program (EESP) - CER Conversion VCS4657 · Ethiopia · Converted from other GHG program (PP) |
Verra | Cookstoves | Active Units transferred from approved GH... |
Not stated | 48,426 | 400 | Country only |
| GS1247 VPA 16 Improved Kitchen Regimes: Mwogo (Bugesera) Rwanda GS3449 · Rwanda · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
local communities | 48,380 | 47,999 | Project location |
| Solar Lighting in Rural Kenya - VPA 2 GS3626 · Kenya · myclimate Foundation |
Gold Standard | Solar Lighting | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 48,235 | 35,812 | Programme location |
| GS1247 VPA 18 Improved Kitchen Regimes Bugesera Rwanda GS3451 · Rwanda · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
local communities | 48,074 | 47,608 | Project location |
| GS1247 VPA 188 Southern Ethiopia Efficient Cook Stoves GS7391 · Ethiopia · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 47,742 | 37,148 | Programme location |
| GS1247 VPA 122 Zoba Anseba Community Safe Water GS5951 · Eritrea · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 47,503 | 31,288 | Programme location |
| VPA 16 Kilifi Borehole Rehabilitation Project GS7513 · Kenya · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 47,502 | 18,544 | Country only |
| VPA 173 EcoZoom Improved Stove Programme Uganda GS7318 · Uganda · BioLite Inc. |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 47,123 | 34,421 | Programme location |
| GS1247 VPA 19 Improved Kitchen Regimes: Gatsibo District Borehole Proj... GS3430 · Rwanda · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 46,730 | 46,730 | Corrected location |
| GS11677 GS11902 Malawi Biomass Energy Conservation Programme CPA 7 GS11907 · Malawi · Hestian Innovation |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 46,689 | 77 | Country only |
| GS1247 VPA 119 Zoba Debub Community Boreholes GS5825 · Eritrea · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 46,680 | 32,746 | Programme location |
| GS11677 GS11902 Malawi Biomass Energy Conservation Programme CPA 9 GS11909 · Malawi · 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 · Malawi · UpEnergy Group |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 46,185 | 0 | Country only |
| GS1247 VPA 35 Improved Kitchen Regimes: Kaliro Safe Water Project GS3564 · Uganda · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 46,119 | 46,040 | Programme location |
| Improved Cook Stoves In Pastoral And Agro-Pastoral Communities In Sout... GS3422 · Ethiopia · Carbonsink (Carbonsink Group S.r.l.) |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 45,989 | 45,989 | Project location |
| ASYV 8.5MW Solar PV Project (CPA-001) GS3606 · Rwanda · Gigawatt Global Cooperatief U.A. |
Gold Standard | Solar - Centralized | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
young people +1 | 45,930 | 0 | Project location |
| GS1247 VPA 49 Improved Kitchen Regimes:Kaliro Safe Water Project GS4553 · Uganda · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 45,665 | 44,686 | Programme location |
| GS1340 Efficient cookstoves in Burkina Faso – VPA-12 - tiipaalga F3PA... GS6419 · Burkina Faso · Tiipaalga |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 45,461 | 22,144 | Project location |
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.