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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Likoni and Shimoni Improved Cook Stove Project GS825 · Kenya · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
local communities | 10,284 | 9,408 | Project location |
| GS1247 VPA 81 Lango Safe Water Project GS5195 · Uganda · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 10,237 | 10,220 | Programme location |
| GS12087 VPA-1 Uganda Safe Drinking Water Project GS12088 · Uganda · SUSTAINABLE CLIMATE IMPACT FUND LIMITED |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households +1 | 10,010 | 10,000 | Country only |
| GS1340 - Efficient cookstoves in Burkina Faso - Solidagro F3PA cooksto... GS11953 · Burkina Faso · CO2logic |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 10,000 | 917 | Country only |
| The Capture and Utilisation of Methane at the GFI Mining South Africa... VCS992 · South Africa · Sibanye Gold Ltd |
Verra | Mine Methane Capture | Withdrawn or inactive Late to Verify |
Not stated | 9,643 | 9,643 | Country only |
| GS1366 VPA 11 Kilifi Borehole Rehabilitation Project GS7368 · Kenya · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 9,616 | 9,616 | Programme location |
| GS1366 VPA 10 Kilifi Borehole Rehabilitation Project GS7367 · Kenya · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 9,534 | 9,534 | Programme location |
| GS2398 - GS1265 - African Biomass Energy Conservation POA - Rwanda Bio... GS2398 · Rwanda · Hestian Innovation |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 9,525 | 9,525 | Corrected location |
| GS1247 VPA 231 Sierra Leone Safe Water GS10663 · Sierra Leone · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 9,498 | 5,600 | Country only |
| GS5047 VPA60 African Improved Cookstoves and Clean Water Programme: Ib... GS10991 · Rwanda · Likano Project Development GmbH |
Gold Standard | Bundled Energy Efficiency | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 9,460 | 9,238 | Country only |
| Kuyasa low-cost urban housing energy upgrade project Khayelitsha (Cape... GS337 · South Africa · atmosfair gGmbH |
Gold Standard | Bundled Energy Efficiency | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 9,341 | 0 | Corrected location |
| Madagascar Improved Cookstove Project by KCM-Wood#CPA-W-001 - CER Conv... VCS4971 · Madagascar · Converted from other GHG program (PP) |
Verra | Cookstoves | Active Units transferred from approved GH... |
Not stated | 9,200 | 938 | Country only |
| GS1247 VPA 310 - Togo Safe Water GS11183 · Togo · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 9,122 | 0 | Country only |
| GS1340 - Efficient cookstoves in Burkina Faso - Solidagro F3PA cooksto... GS11954 · Burkina Faso · CO2logic |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 9,088 | 8,906 | Country only |
| BioLite Improved Cook stoves Programme - CPA 022 supported by Republic... GS11235 · Uganda · BioLite Inc. |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 8,891 | 3,467 | Country only |
| GS1247 VPA 303 - Togo Safe Water GS11176 · Togo · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 8,786 | 0 | Country only |
| BioLite Improved Cook stoves Programme - CPA 020 supported by Republic... GS11233 · Uganda · BioLite Inc. |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 8,761 | 3,460 | Country only |
| Ivakale GS3901 · Kenya · Ivakale |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households +1 | 8,576 | 3,846 | Project location |
| GS2449 GS1265 African Biomass Energy Conservation PoA Rwanda Biomass C... GS2449 · Rwanda · Hestian Innovation |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 8,564 | 8,564 | Corrected location |
| BioLite Improved Cook stoves Programme - CPA 021 supported by Republic... GS11234 · Uganda · BioLite Inc. |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 8,441 | 3,310 | Country only |
| Highveld Air Quality - Phumula project GS609 · South Africa · Nova Institute |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 8,436 | 8,436 | Project location |
| Highveld Air Quality - NFS project GS986 · South Africa · Nova Institute |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 8,377 | 8,377 | Project location |
| GS1247 VPA 270 - Burkina Faso Safe Water GS11050 · Burkina Faso · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 8,360 | 0 | Country only |
| Composting of municipal organic waste in Lome GS1147 · Togo · GoodPlanet |
Gold Standard | Composting | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 8,351 | 8,351 | Project location |
| Madagascar Improved Cookstove Project by KCM-Wood#CPA-W-003 - CER Conv... VCS4973 · Madagascar · Converted from other GHG program (PP) |
Verra | Cookstoves | Active Units transferred from approved GH... |
Not stated | 8,346 | 2,604 | 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.