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Carbon projects in South 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
179
77 active · 65 in the pipeline
Credits issued
25,223,698
tonnes CO₂-equivalent, all vintages
Credits retired
20,475,285
81% of issued
Nature-based · blue carbon
35 · 0
28 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
13 of 179 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fuel Efficient Cooking in South Africa VCS2505 · TASC SA (Pty) Ltd. (PP) |
Verra | Cookstoves | Active Registered |
Not stated | 11,366,246 | 11,366,246 | Country only |
| Longyuan Mulilo De Aar 2 North Wind Energy Facility VCS1950 · Multiple Project Proponents |
Verra | Wind | Active Registered |
Not stated | 2,794,486 | 1,083,172 | Country only |
| Longyuan Mulilo De Aar Maanhaarberg Wind Energy Facility VCS1949 · Multiple Project Proponents |
Verra | Wind | Active Registered |
Not stated | 1,744,952 | 919,093 | Country only |
| Joburg Landfill Gas to Energy Project VCS1240 · ENERGY JOBURG RF (PTY) Limited (PP) |
Verra | Landfill Methane | Active Verification approval requested |
Not stated | 1,279,951 | 1,279,951 | Country only |
| Scatec RMI Hybrid Cluster VCS5488 · Multiple Project Proponents |
Verra | RE Bundled | Active Registered |
Not stated | 1,266,749 | 292,872 | Country only |
| Recipe for Change Grouped Project VCS2384 · Wonderbag UK (PP) |
Verra | Cookstoves | Active Registered |
Not stated | 893,398 | 629,250 | Country only |
| Soil carbon improvement Project through Grassland Management, in South... VCS2710 · WeAct Pty Ltd. (PP) |
Verra | Sustainable Grassland Management | Active Registered |
Not stated | 805,971 | 428,371 | Country only |
| N2O ABATEMENT PROJECT AT AEL 11_. - CER Conversion VCS2388 · Converted From a another GHG program CDM |
Verra | N2O Destruction in Nitric Acid Production | Active Units transferred from approved GH... |
Not stated | 637,391 | 637,291 | Country only |
| Sasol Nitrous Oxide Abatement Project - CER Conversion VCS1512 · Credits transferred from approved GHG program |
Verra | N2O Destruction in Nitric Acid Production | Active Units transferred from approved GH... |
Not stated | 551,281 | 551,281 | Country only |
| EnviroServ Chloorkop Landfill Gas Recovery Project VCS2601 · EnviroServ Waste Management (Pty) Ltd (PP) |
Verra | Landfill Methane | Active Registered |
Not stated | 340,477 | 340,477 | Country only |
| Reliance Composting Project in Cape Town VCS1817 · Recarbon Ground Trading (Pty) Ltd (PP) |
Verra | Composting | Active Verification approval requested |
Not stated | 307,043 | 306,466 | Country only |
| Grassland Restoration and Stewardship in South Africa (GRASS) VCS2931 · Multiple Project Proponents |
Verra | Sustainable Agriculture | Active Registered |
Not stated | 266,254 | 26,074 | Country only |
| Project for the catalytic reduction of N2O emissions with a secondary... VCS2394 · Converted From a another GHG program CDM |
Verra | N2O Destruction in Nitric Acid Production | Active Units transferred from approved GH... |
Not stated | 261,199 | 261,199 | Country only |
| Saving the Planet, one stew at a time VCS935 · TAKE BACK THE FUTURE CC (PP) |
Verra | Cookstoves | Active Registered |
Not stated | 218,967 | 218,967 | Country only |
| Use of waste gas at Namakwa Sands in South Africa - CER Conversion VCS2433 · Converted from other GHG program (PP) |
Verra | Waste Gas Recovery | Active Units transferred from approved GH... |
Not stated | 217,566 | 217,566 | Country only |
| Omnia N2O Abatement Project II - CER Conversion VCS2432 · Converted from other GHG program (PP) |
Verra | N2O Destruction in Nitric Acid Production | Active Units transferred from approved GH... |
Not stated | 186,734 | 186,734 | Country only |
| A-Gas South Africa 1 VCS5089 · A-Gas South Africa (Pty), Ltd. |
Verra | Ozone Depleting Substances Recovery & Destruction | Active Registered |
Not stated | 163,156 | 0 | Country only |
| Orizon CarbonCrop Rewards Programme VCS3368 · Orizon Agriculture (Pty) Ltd |
Verra | Sustainable Agriculture | Active Registered |
Not stated | 160,159 | 16,530 | Country only |
| EnviroServ Chloorkop Landfill Gas Recovery Project - CER Conversion VCS1514 · Credits transferred from approved GHG program |
Verra | Landfill Methane | Active Units transferred from approved GH... |
Not stated | 154,440 | 154,440 | Country only |
| N2O ABATEMENT PROJECT AT AEL 11_ VCS1872 · Multiple Project Proponents |
Verra | N2O Destruction in Nitric Acid Production | Withdrawn or inactive Late to Verify |
Not stated | 151,457 | 151,457 | Country only |
| Interwaste Landfill gas Grouped Project VCS1794 · Interwaste (Pty) Ltd |
Verra | Landfill Methane | Active Registered |
Not stated | 147,124 | 145,835 | Country only |
| Ngodwana Biomass to Energy Project VCS1982 · Ngodwana Energy (Pty) Ltd. |
Verra | Biomass | Active Registered |
Not stated | 133,553 | 110,381 | Country only |
| Omnia Nitrous Oxide (N20) Reduction Project - CER Conversion VCS2393 · Converted from other GHG program (PP) |
Verra | N2O Destruction in Nitric Acid Production | Active Units transferred from approved GH... |
Not stated | 127,098 | 127,098 | Country only |
| Durban Landfill-Gas Bisasar Road VCS787 · eThekweni municipality cleansing & solid waste (PP... |
Verra | Landfill Methane | Active Verification approval requested |
Not stated | 124,884 | 124,884 | Country only |
| Durban Landfill-gas-to-electricity project – Mariannhill and La Mercy... VCS1702 · Credits transferred from approved GHG program |
Verra | Landfill Methane | Active Units transferred from approved GH... |
Not stated | 66,201 | 62,343 | 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.