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Carbon projects in Uganda
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
304
176 active · 71 in the pipeline
Credits issued
35,084,958
tonnes CO₂-equivalent, all vintages
Credits retired
22,413,074
64% of issued
Nature-based · blue carbon
29 · 0
65 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
158 of 304 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Improved Cookstoves for Social Impact in Ugandan Communities GS447 · Impact Carbon |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 11,404,198 | 8,692,792 | Project location |
| Impact Carbon and myclimate Safe Water and Improved Cookstoves Global... GS2296 · Impact Carbon |
Gold Standard | Bundled Energy Efficiency | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households +1 | 3,232,370 | 1,614,965 | Project location |
| Community Carbon Efficient Cooking Programme-VPA1 GS10967 · Community Carbon |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 1,864,126 | 1,305,185 | Country only |
| Community Carbon Efficient Cooking Programme-VPA 16 GS12119 · Community Carbon |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 1,399,809 | 47,883 | Country only |
| Natural High Forest Rehabilitation Project on degraded land of Kibale... VCS673 · PRIMAKLIMA e.V. (PP) |
Verra | Afforestation/Reforestation | Active Registered |
Not stated | 1,092,577 | 1,060,379 | Named place |
| GS VER UpEnergy's Uganda Biomass Cookstove Project GS1044 · UpEnergy Group |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 655,905 | 539,644 | Project location |
| Bujagali Hydropower Project - CER Conversion VCS1505 · Credits transferred from approved GHG program |
Verra | Hydropower | Active Units transferred from approved GH... |
Not stated | 635,939 | 627,270 | Country only |
| TIST Program in Uganda, VCS 005 VCS993 · Clean Air Action Corporation (PP) |
Verra | Afforestation/Reforestation | Active Registered |
Not stated | 625,885 | 623,255 | Country only |
| TIST Program in Uganda, VCS-CCB 011 VCS2497 · Clean Air Action Corporation (PP) |
Verra | Afforestation/Reforestation | Active Registered |
Not stated | 508,539 | 309,440 | Country only |
| Kikonda Forest Reserve GS2990 · Nile Fibreboard Ltd. |
Gold Standard | Afforestation/Reforestation | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 500,935 | 474,603 | Project location |
| UpEnergy-Social and Climate Impact Programme-Uganda 1 VCS2789 · UpEnergy Group (PP) |
Verra | Cookstoves | Active Registered |
Not stated | 383,201 | 0 | Country only |
| Bukaleba Forest Project VCS799 · Busoga Forestry Co. Ltd (Subsidiary Green Resource... |
Verra | Afforestation/Reforestation | Active Registered |
Not stated | 351,909 | 193,540 | Named place |
| OYU - Reforesting Uganda for a better tomorrow VCS4888 · OYU Green Private Limited (PP) |
Verra | Afforestation/Reforestation | Active Registered |
Not stated | 339,638 | 0 | Country only |
| Bugoye 13.0 MW Run-of-River Hydropower Project VCS1199 · Bugoye Hydro Limited (PP) |
Verra | Hydropower | Withdrawn or inactive Late to Verify |
Not stated | 332,522 | 259,203 | Country only |
| OYU - Building Sustainable Ugandan Communities VPA10 GS12626 · SHRI MAA MARKETING PRIVATE LIMITED |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households +1 | 278,230 | 41,399 | Country only |
| OYU - Building Sustainable Ugandan Communities VPA12 GS12627 · SHRI MAA MARKETING PRIVATE LIMITED |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households +1 | 257,911 | 39,413 | Country only |
| Up Energy Improved Cookstoves Programme Uganda – CPA No 005 GS10903 · UpEnergy Group |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 255,977 | 139,477 | Country only |
| Up Energy Improved Cookstoves Programme Uganda – CPA No 007 GS10905 · UpEnergy Group |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 251,458 | 170,756 | Country only |
| Up Energy Improved Cookstoves Programme Uganda – CPA No 006 GS10904 · UpEnergy Group |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 247,530 | 132,651 | Country only |
| TIST Program in Uganda, VCS 001 VCS824 · Clean Air Action Corporation (PP) |
Verra | Afforestation/Reforestation | Withdrawn or inactive Late to Verify |
Not stated | 245,014 | 244,505 | Country only |
| Up Energy Improved Cookstoves Programme Uganda – CPA No 008 GS10906 · UpEnergy Group |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 242,066 | 101,675 | Country only |
| GS7591 VPA 7 Northern Uganda Safe Water Project GS7592 · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
community groups or co... | 238,544 | 153,024 | Country only |
| GS23149 Uganda Cook Bright Initiative - VPA01 GS13107 · Impact Carbon |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
women | 234,215 | 0 | Country only |
| GS7591 VPA 8 Northern Uganda Safe Water Project GS7593 · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
community groups or co... | 202,161 | 136,276 | Country only |
| Improved Cookstove Project In Uganda GS7438 · South Pole Ltd |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 199,274 | 192,191 | Programme 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.