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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VPA 175 EcoZoom Improved Stove Programme Uganda GS7345 · BioLite Inc. |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 20,689 | 11,261 | Programme location |
| Mubende Stoves Improved Cook Stoves Enterprise GS11694 · Mubende Stoves Limited |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 20,176 | 0 | Country only |
| Spouts-4 by Believegreen LLC GS7570 · Believe Green LLC |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 19,515 | 19,515 | Country only |
| VPA - Spouts-5 by Believe Green LLC GS7571 · Believe Green LLC |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 19,515 | 19,411 | Country only |
| GS5658 VPA 34: "Access to energy for local development and resilience... GS11041 · Carbonsink (Carbonsink Group S.r.l.) |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 18,716 | 11,700 | Country only |
| GS5658 VPA 36: "Access to energy for local development and resilience... GS11043 · Carbonsink (Carbonsink Group S.r.l.) |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 17,920 | 14,672 | Country only |
| Up Energy Improved Cookstoves Programme Uganda – CPA No 001 GS10899 · UpEnergy Group |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 14,578 | 10,291 | Country only |
| GS5658 VPA 35: "Access to energy for local development and resilience... GS11042 · Carbonsink (Carbonsink Group S.r.l.) |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 14,510 | 13,035 | Country only |
| GS5047 VPA44 African Improved Cookstoves and Clean Water Programme: Al... GS7540 · Likano Project Development GmbH |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 12,072 | 8,702 | Country only |
| GS5658 VPA 37: "Access to energy for local development and resilience... GS11044 · Carbonsink (Carbonsink Group S.r.l.) |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 10,722 | 3,690 | Country only |
| Promotion of Improved and Efficient Cooking Practices in the host coun... GS23170 · PERSISTENTCLIMATE INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households +1 | 10,714 | 0 | Country only |
| GS1247 VPA 81 Lango Safe Water Project GS5195 · 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 · SUSTAINABLE CLIMATE IMPACT FUND LIMITED |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households +1 | 10,010 | 10,000 | Country only |
| BioLite Improved Cook stoves Programme - CPA 022 supported by Republic... GS11235 · BioLite Inc. |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 8,891 | 3,467 | Country only |
| BioLite Improved Cook stoves Programme - CPA 020 supported by Republic... GS11233 · BioLite Inc. |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 8,761 | 3,460 | Country only |
| BioLite Improved Cook stoves Programme - CPA 021 supported by Republic... GS11234 · BioLite Inc. |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 8,441 | 3,310 | Country only |
| UpEnergy-Social and Climate Impact Programme- Cooking Devices VPA-15 GS11647 · UpEnergy Group |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 7,732 | 0 | Country only |
| GS5047 VPA45 African Improved Cookstoves and Clean Water Programme: Al... GS7541 · Likano Project Development GmbH |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 7,518 | 7,439 | Country only |
| GS11993 VPA1: African Clean Energy for Cooking in Uganda GS11994 · African Clean Energy B.V. |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
women | 6,950 | 1,570 | Country only |
| Uganda Dairy Biogas Program GS11682 · SISTEMA.BIO INC. |
Gold Standard | Biodigesters | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
smallholder or rural f... +2 | 6,531 | 0 | Country only |
| Agroforestry and reforestation with small-scale farmers in Uganda VCS2471 · The PURE PROJECT SAS (PP) |
Verra | Afforestation/Reforestation | Active Registered |
Not stated | 4,692 | 0 | Country only |
| International Lifeline Fund Uganda CPA1 (ILFUg01) GS2518 · Deactivated Projects |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 4,052 | 0 | Country only |
| COMMUNITY CARBON SAFE WATER DRINKING PROGRAMME-VPA 20 GS12342 · Community Carbon |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 2,095 | 41 | Country only |
| Beyond Biomass: UpEnergy Electric Cooking-VPA 1 GS11579 · UpEnergy Group |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 637 | 0 | Country only |
| Kijani Forestry smallholder farmer forestry project VCS4475 · Kijani Forestry PBC (PP) |
Verra | Afforestation/Reforestation | Active Registered |
Not stated | 259 | 0 | 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.