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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

ProjectRegistryTypeStatusCommunity IssuedRetiredLocation
Up Energy Improved Cookstoves Programme Uganda – CPA No 012
GS10910 · UpEnergy Group
Gold Standard Cookstoves Active
Gold Standard Certified Project
Not stated 198,58392,907 Country only
Up Energy Improved Cookstoves Programme Uganda – CPA No 011
GS10909 · UpEnergy Group
Gold Standard Cookstoves Active
Gold Standard Certified Project
Not stated 195,52693,821 Country only
Up Energy Improved Cookstoves Programme Uganda – CPA No 010
GS10908 · UpEnergy Group
Gold Standard Cookstoves Active
Gold Standard Certified Project
Not stated 193,83364,323 Country only
D.Light's Improved Cooking Project In Uganda
VCS4226 · d.light design, Ltd
Verra Cookstoves Active
Registered
Not stated 189,40160,699 Country only
Up Energy Improved Cookstoves Programme Uganda – CPA No 009
GS10907 · UpEnergy Group
Gold Standard Cookstoves Active
Gold Standard Certified Project
Not stated 188,64685,215 Country only
Up Energy Improved Cookstoves Programme Uganda – CPA No 016
GS10914 · UpEnergy Group
Gold Standard Cookstoves Active
Gold Standard Certified Project
Not stated 182,18574,634 Country only
Up Energy Improved Cookstoves Programme Uganda – CPA No 013
GS10911 · UpEnergy Group
Gold Standard Cookstoves Active
Gold Standard Certified Project
Not stated 182,12290,113 Country only
Up Energy Improved Cookstoves Programme Uganda – CPA No 015
GS10913 · UpEnergy Group
Gold Standard Cookstoves Active
Gold Standard Certified Project
Not stated 181,56977,843 Country only
Up Energy Improved Cookstoves Programme Uganda – CPA No 014
GS10912 · UpEnergy Group
Gold Standard Cookstoves Active
Gold Standard Certified Project
Not stated 181,40089,406 Country only
Community Carbon Efficient Cooking Programme-VPA 17
GS12120 · Community Carbon
Gold Standard Cookstoves Active
Gold Standard Certified Project
Not stated 178,79535,000 Country only
African Biogas Carbon Programme (ABC) - Uganda - VPA003
GS4236 · AFRICA BIOENERGY PROGRAMS LIMITED
Gold Standard Biodigesters Active
Gold Standard Certified Project
households 175,098139,599 Programme location
TIST Program in Uganda, VCS 006
VCS995 · Clean Air Action Corporation (PP)
Verra Afforestation/Reforestation Active
Registered
Not stated 168,442155,897 Country only
TIST Program in Uganda, VCS-CCB 010
VCS2339 · Clean Air Action Corporation (PP)
Verra Afforestation/Reforestation Active
Registered
Not stated 155,813128,241 Country only
GS7591 VPA 9 Northern Uganda Safe Water Project
GS7594 · CO2balance UK ltd
Gold Standard Community Boreholes Active
Gold Standard Certified Project
community groups or co... 153,490113,114 Country only
Up Energy Improved Cookstoves Programme Uganda – CPA No 017
GS10915 · UpEnergy Group
Gold Standard Cookstoves Active
Gold Standard Certified Project
Not stated 153,37879,333 Country only
Up Energy Improved Cookstoves Programme Uganda – CPA No 018
GS10916 · UpEnergy Group
Gold Standard Cookstoves Active
Gold Standard Certified Project
Not stated 153,37879,333 Country only
Up Energy Improved Cookstoves Programme Uganda – CPA No 019
GS10917 · UpEnergy Group
Gold Standard Cookstoves Active
Gold Standard Certified Project
Not stated 153,37858,562 Country only
Up Energy Improved Cookstoves Programme Uganda – CPA No 020
GS10918 · UpEnergy Group
Gold Standard Cookstoves Active
Gold Standard Certified Project
Not stated 153,37885,499 Country only
GS11638 VPA-2 SPOUTS Water Purifier Programme in Africa- WPS in Uganda...
GS11640 · AGS Carbon Advisory
Gold Standard Clean Water Active
Gold Standard Certified Project
households +1 148,97664,231 Country only
Energy efficiency improvement project leading to multiple sustainable...
GS6604 · Pacific Engineering Services Limited
Gold Standard Cookstoves Active
Gold Standard Certified Project
households 124,46982,896 Project location
OYU - Clean Cooking in Uganda
VCS4997 · OYU Green Private Limited (PP)
Verra Cookstoves Active
Registered
Not stated 119,8332,000 Country only
GS11638 GS11640 RVPA-2 SPOUTS Water Purifier Programme in Africa- WPS...
GS12050 · AGS Carbon Advisory
Gold Standard Clean Water Active
Gold Standard Certified Project
households +1 119,1117,045 Country only
Up Energy Improved Cookstoves Programme Uganda – CPA No 004
GS10902 · UpEnergy Group
Gold Standard Cookstoves Active
Gold Standard Certified Project
Not stated 119,07896,360 Country only
BioLite Improved Cook stoves Programme - CER Conversion
VCS2982 · Converted from other GHG program (PP)
Verra Cookstoves Active
Units transferred from approved GH...
Not stated 116,57050,356 Country only
Community Carbon Safe Water Drinking Programme-VPA2
GS10968 · Community Carbon
Gold Standard Clean Water Active
Gold Standard Certified Project
Not stated 109,69449,039 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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