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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GS1247 VPA 139 Lango Safe Water Project GS6349 · Uganda · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 27,140 | 20,487 | Programme location |
| Zano Solar Power VCS4389 · Burkina Faso · Quadran Burkina Faso |
Verra | Solar - Centralized | Active Registered |
Not stated | 27,097 | 0 | Country only |
| VPA 174 EcoZoom Improved Stove Programme Uganda GS7317 · Uganda · BioLite Inc. |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 27,072 | 18,232 | Project location |
| GS1340 Efficient cookstoves in Burkina Faso – VPA-25 – Solidagro F3PA... GS11070 · Burkina Faso · CO2logic |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 27,045 | 21,403 | Country only |
| Up Energy Improved Cookstoves Programme Uganda – CPA No 037 supported... GS11526 · Uganda · UpEnergy Group |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 26,869 | 26,869 | Country only |
| Up Energy Improved Cookstoves Programme Uganda – CPA No 038 supported... GS11527 · Uganda · UpEnergy Group |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 26,625 | 26,625 | Country only |
| VPA - Spouts - 3 GS6445 · Uganda · Believe Green LLC |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 26,622 | 26,622 | Project location |
| Waste Gas-based Cogeneration Project at Alexandria Carbon Black VCS854 · Egypt · Alexandria Carbon Black Co. S.A.E. |
Verra | Biomass | Withdrawn or inactive Late to Verify |
Not stated | 26,597 | 26,597 | Country only |
| Up Energy Improved Cookstoves Programme Uganda – CPA No 039 supported... GS11528 · Uganda · UpEnergy Group |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 26,422 | 26,422 | Country only |
| GS1247 VPA 152 Improved Kitchen Regimes: Gatsibo District Borehole Pro... GS6787 · Rwanda · Deactivated Projects |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 26,319 | 26,319 | Programme location |
| Up Energy Improved Cookstoves Programme Uganda – CPA No 040 supported... GS11529 · Uganda · UpEnergy Group |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 26,307 | 26,307 | Country only |
| Up Energy Improved Cookstoves Programme Uganda – CPA No 041 supported... GS11530 · Uganda · UpEnergy Group |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 26,096 | 26,096 | Country only |
| GS1247 VPA 140 Lango Safe Water Project GS6350 · Uganda · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 26,087 | 19,233 | Programme location |
| GS5658 VPA 31: Improved Cookstoves for Environmental Conservation in S... GS10988 · Ethiopia · Carbonsink (Carbonsink Group S.r.l.) |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households +1 | 25,860 | 18,384 | Country only |
| TIST Program in Uganda, VCS 004 VCS826 · Uganda · Clean Air Action Corporation (PP) |
Verra | Afforestation/Reforestation | Active Registered |
Not stated | 25,819 | 25,819 | Country only |
| Zaidi Bomba Maji Arusha GS10718 · Tanzania · Anthesis B.V. |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 25,788 | 2,959 | Country only |
| GS5658 VPA 26: Promoting energy efficiency & clean cooking in Pemba GS10807 · Mozambique · Carbonsink (Carbonsink Group S.r.l.) |
Gold Standard | Bundled Energy Efficiency | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households +1 | 25,741 | 25,741 | Country only |
| Dissemination of improved stoves (Mogogo) in the Eritrean highlands GS748 · Eritrea · myclimate Foundation |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
women +1 | 25,701 | 25,574 | Project location |
| Energy Efficient cookstove for sustainable development in rural south... GS11667 · Kenya · myclimate Foundation |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households +3 | 25,642 | 0 | Country only |
| GS1247 VPA 219 Central and Western Uganda Safe Water Project GS7671 · Uganda · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
community groups or co... | 25,610 | 9,302 | Country only |
| Up Energy Improved Cookstoves Programme Uganda – CPA No 042 supported... GS11531 · Uganda · UpEnergy Group |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 25,565 | 25,565 | Country only |
| VPA - Spouts - 1 GS6101 · Uganda · Believe Green LLC |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 25,432 | 25,432 | Programme location |
| GS1340 Efficient cookstoves in Burkina Faso – VPA-26 – Solidagro F3PA... GS11071 · Burkina Faso · CO2logic |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 25,413 | 15,262 | Country only |
| GS5047 VPA78 African Improved Cookstoves and Clean Water Programme: Gi... GS11014 · Rwanda · Likano Project Development GmbH |
Gold Standard | Bundled Energy Efficiency | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 25,236 | 15,038 | Country only |
| Landfill gas recovery and electricity generation at "Mtoni Dumpsite",... VCS1564 · Tanzania · Credits transferred from approved GHG program |
Verra | Landfill Methane | Active Units transferred from approved GH... |
Not stated | 25,200 | 4,408 | 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.