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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

ProjectRegistryTypeStatusCommunity IssuedRetiredLocation
Safe Water Programme – Kenya – VPA 32
GS11290 · Kenya · Impact Carbon
Gold Standard Clean Water Active
Gold Standard Certified Project
schools 247,97472,675 Country only
Up Energy Improved Cookstoves Programme Uganda – CPA No 006
GS10904 · Uganda · UpEnergy Group
Gold Standard Cookstoves Active
Gold Standard Certified Project
Not stated 247,530132,651 Country only
Safe Water Programme – Nigeria – VPA 22
GS11280 · Nigeria · Impact Carbon
Gold Standard Clean Water Active
Gold Standard Certified Project
schools 246,76365,088 Country only
GS7591 VPA 21 Central Mozambique Safe Water Programme
GS7641 · Mozambique · CO2balance UK ltd
Gold Standard Clean Water Active
Gold Standard Certified Project
households 245,653204,169 Country only
Safe Water Programme – Nigeria – VPA 19
GS11277 · Nigeria · Impact Carbon
Gold Standard Clean Water Active
Gold Standard Certified Project
schools 245,22176,542 Country only
TIST Program in Uganda, VCS 001
VCS824 · Uganda · Clean Air Action Corporation (PP)
Verra Afforestation/Reforestation Withdrawn or inactive
Late to Verify
Not stated 245,014244,505 Country only
Safe Water Programme – Kenya – VPA 44
GS11302 · Kenya · Impact Carbon
Gold Standard Clean Water Active
Gold Standard Certified Project
schools 244,89954,633 Country only
OLKARIA III PHASE 2 GEOTHERMAL EXPANSION PROJECT IN KENYA
VCS881 · Kenya · JPMorgan Ventures Energy Corportaion
Verra Geothermal Withdrawn or inactive
Late to Verify
Not stated 244,798244,798 Country only
GS7591 VPA 20 Central Mozambique Safe Water Programme
GS7640 · Mozambique · CO2balance UK ltd
Gold Standard Clean Water Active
Gold Standard Certified Project
households 244,147183,673 Country only
Safe Water Programme – Kenya – VPA 43
GS11301 · Kenya · Impact Carbon
Gold Standard Clean Water Active
Gold Standard Certified Project
schools 243,46749,735 Country only
GS10789 VPA5: Efficient and Clean Cooking for households in the Democr...
GS11433 · Democratic Republic of the Congo · ECOA Climate Capital
Gold Standard Cookstoves Active
Gold Standard Certified Project
households 242,8778,666 Country only
Aqua Clara Water Filtration Program in Kenya
GS1078 · Kenya · Climate Impact Partners Limited
Gold Standard Clean Water Active
Gold Standard Certified Project
households 242,718242,216 Project location
Safe Water Programme – Nigeria – VPA 18
GS11276 · Nigeria · Impact Carbon
Gold Standard Clean Water Active
Gold Standard Certified Project
schools 242,08569,892 Country only
Up Energy Improved Cookstoves Programme Uganda – CPA No 008
GS10906 · Uganda · UpEnergy Group
Gold Standard Cookstoves Active
Gold Standard Certified Project
Not stated 242,066101,675 Country only
Humbo Ethiopia Assisted Natural Regeneration Project
GS10220 · Ethiopia · World Vision Australia
Gold Standard Afforestation/Reforestation Active
Gold Standard Certified Project
smallholder or rural f... +2 240,371226,995 Named place
Safe Water Programme – Nigeria – VPA 17
GS11275 · Nigeria · Impact Carbon
Gold Standard Clean Water Active
Gold Standard Certified Project
schools 238,98293,166 Country only
Safe Water Programme – Kenya – VPA 45
GS11303 · Kenya · Impact Carbon
Gold Standard Clean Water Active
Gold Standard Certified Project
schools 238,88780,289 Country only
GS7591 VPA 7 Northern Uganda Safe Water Project
GS7592 · Uganda · CO2balance UK ltd
Gold Standard Community Boreholes Active
Gold Standard Certified Project
community groups or co... 238,544153,024 Country only
Safe Water Programme – Nigeria – VPA 20
GS11278 · Nigeria · Impact Carbon
Gold Standard Clean Water Active
Gold Standard Certified Project
schools 238,41044,040 Country only
Safe Water Programme – Nigeria – VPA 12
GS11270 · Nigeria · Impact Carbon
Gold Standard Clean Water Active
Gold Standard Certified Project
schools 237,92977,091 Country only
Safe Water Programme – Nigeria – VPA 10
GS11268 · Nigeria · Impact Carbon
Gold Standard Clean Water Active
Gold Standard Certified Project
schools 237,31684,584 Country only
GS7591 VPA 22 Central Mozambique Safe Water Programme
GS7642 · Mozambique · CO2balance UK ltd
Gold Standard Clean Water Active
Gold Standard Certified Project
households 236,401162,470 Country only
GS10959 VPA05 Safe Water Project in Rwanda V
GS11136 · Rwanda · Iceberg Environment Pte. Ltd.
Gold Standard Community Boreholes Active
Gold Standard Certified Project
Not stated 235,15240,249 Country only
GS23149 Uganda Cook Bright Initiative - VPA01
GS13107 · Uganda · Impact Carbon
Gold Standard Cookstoves Active
Gold Standard Certified Project
women 234,2150 Country only
Safe Water Programme – Nigeria – VPA 08
GS11266 · Nigeria · Impact Carbon
Gold Standard Clean Water Active
Gold Standard Certified Project
schools 233,87184,719 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.
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