Atlas · Uganda
/
Carbon Projects
CARBON MARKETS
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.
Loading…
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Up Energy Improved Cookstoves Programme Uganda – CPA No 023 GS10921 · UpEnergy Group |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 69,927 | 38,133 | Country only |
| MicroEnergy Credits – Microfinance for Clean Energy Product Lines – Af... VCS2838 · MicroEnergy Credits Corp (PP) |
Verra | Bundled Energy Efficiency | Active Verification approval requested |
Not stated | 67,849 | 43 | Country only |
| GS1247 VPA 33 Improved Kitchen Regimes : Kaliro Safe Water Project GS3443 · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 66,951 | 54,749 | Programme location |
| GS1247 VPA 4 Dokolo District Borehole Project GS2480 · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 66,367 | 64,312 | Project location |
| GS1247 VPA 43 Alebtong Dokolo Otuke District Boreholes GS4260 · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 65,171 | 63,677 | Project location |
| Up Energy Improved Cookstoves Programme, Uganda - CER Conversion VCS3371 · UpEnergy Group (PP) |
Verra | Cookstoves | Active Units transferred from approved GH... |
Not stated | 63,908 | 53,840 | Country only |
| Institutional Improved Cook Stoves for Schools and Institutions in Uga... GS4364 · Simoshi Limited |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households +2 | 63,705 | 21,962 | Programme location |
| GS2404 International Water Purification Programme- Chlorine Dispensers... GS5052 · Swiss Carbon Assets Ltd. |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 62,614 | 0 | Project location |
| GS1247 VPA 44 BioLite Improved Stove Programme Uganda GS4271 · BioLite Inc. |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 59,717 | 59,467 | Project location |
| MicroEnergy Credits – Microfinance for Clean Energy Product Lines – Af... VCS2839 · MicroEnergy Credits Corp (PP) |
Verra | Bundled Energy Efficiency | Active Registered |
Not stated | 57,342 | 3,000 | Country only |
| GS7591 VPA 11 Northern Uganda Safe Water Project GS7596 · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
community groups or co... | 56,616 | 38,177 | Country only |
| GS1247 VPA 34 Improved Kitchen Regimes: Kaliro Safe Water Project GS3563 · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 55,713 | 53,043 | Programme location |
| GS1247 VPA 164 EcoZoom Improved Stove Programme Uganda GS7153 · BioLite Inc. |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 53,934 | 41,656 | Programme location |
| VPA 173 EcoZoom Improved Stove Programme Uganda GS7318 · BioLite Inc. |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 47,123 | 34,421 | Programme location |
| GS1247 VPA 35 Improved Kitchen Regimes: Kaliro Safe Water Project GS3564 · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 46,119 | 46,040 | Programme location |
| GS1247 VPA 49 Improved Kitchen Regimes:Kaliro Safe Water Project GS4553 · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 45,665 | 44,686 | Programme location |
| GS2404 International Water purification PoA - Chlorine Dispensers in U... GS5051 · Swiss Carbon Assets Ltd. |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 42,768 | 0 | Project location |
| GS1247 VPA 72 Lango Safe Water Project GS5186 · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 42,350 | 38,552 | Programme location |
| GS1247 VPA 71 Lango Safe Water Project GS5106 · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 41,078 | 38,861 | Programme location |
| GS11638 GS11640 RVPA-5 SPOUTS Water Purifier Programme in Africa- WPS... GS13120 · AGS Carbon Advisory |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households +1 | 40,562 | 0 | Country only |
| GS1247 VPA 74 Lango Safe Water Project GS5188 · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 40,352 | 37,583 | Programme location |
| GS1247 VPA 73 Lango Safe Water Project GS5187 · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 39,843 | 39,017 | Programme location |
| GS1247 VPA 78 Lango Safe Water Project GS5192 · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 39,488 | 35,876 | Programme location |
| GS1247 VPA 246 Kaliro Safe Water GS10725 · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 39,196 | 22,326 | Country only |
| GS2404 International Water Purification Programme - CPA 3 Chlorine Dis... GS3668 · Swiss Carbon Assets Ltd. |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 39,083 | 0 | Project 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.