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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

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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

ProjectRegistryTypeStatusCommunity IssuedRetiredLocation
Fuel Efficient Cooking in South Africa
VCS2505 · TASC SA (Pty) Ltd. (PP)
Verra Cookstoves Active
Registered
Not stated 11,366,24611,366,246 Country only
Longyuan Mulilo De Aar 2 North Wind Energy Facility
VCS1950 · Multiple Project Proponents
Verra Wind Active
Registered
Not stated 2,794,4861,083,172 Country only
Longyuan Mulilo De Aar Maanhaarberg Wind Energy Facility
VCS1949 · Multiple Project Proponents
Verra Wind Active
Registered
Not stated 1,744,952919,093 Country only
Joburg Landfill Gas to Energy Project
VCS1240 · ENERGY JOBURG RF (PTY) Limited (PP)
Verra Landfill Methane Active
Verification approval requested
Not stated 1,279,9511,279,951 Country only
Scatec RMI Hybrid Cluster
VCS5488 · Multiple Project Proponents
Verra RE Bundled Active
Registered
Not stated 1,266,749292,872 Country only
Recipe for Change Grouped Project
VCS2384 · Wonderbag UK (PP)
Verra Cookstoves Active
Registered
Not stated 893,398629,250 Country only
Soil carbon improvement Project through Grassland Management, in South...
VCS2710 · WeAct Pty Ltd. (PP)
Verra Sustainable Grassland Management Active
Registered
Not stated 805,971428,371 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 637,391637,291 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 551,281551,281 Country only
EnviroServ Chloorkop Landfill Gas Recovery Project
VCS2601 · EnviroServ Waste Management (Pty) Ltd (PP)
Verra Landfill Methane Active
Registered
Not stated 340,477340,477 Country only
Reliance Composting Project in Cape Town
VCS1817 · Recarbon Ground Trading (Pty) Ltd (PP)
Verra Composting Active
Verification approval requested
Not stated 307,043306,466 Country only
Grassland Restoration and Stewardship in South Africa (GRASS)
VCS2931 · Multiple Project Proponents
Verra Sustainable Agriculture Active
Registered
Not stated 266,25426,074 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 261,199261,199 Country only
Saving the Planet, one stew at a time
VCS935 · TAKE BACK THE FUTURE CC (PP)
Verra Cookstoves Active
Registered
Not stated 218,967218,967 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 217,566217,566 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 186,734186,734 Country only
A-Gas South Africa 1
VCS5089 · A-Gas South Africa (Pty), Ltd.
Verra Ozone Depleting Substances Recovery & Destruction Active
Registered
Not stated 163,1560 Country only
Orizon CarbonCrop Rewards Programme
VCS3368 · Orizon Agriculture (Pty) Ltd
Verra Sustainable Agriculture Active
Registered
Not stated 160,15916,530 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 154,440154,440 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 151,457151,457 Country only
Interwaste Landfill gas Grouped Project
VCS1794 · Interwaste (Pty) Ltd
Verra Landfill Methane Active
Registered
Not stated 147,124145,835 Country only
Ngodwana Biomass to Energy Project
VCS1982 · Ngodwana Energy (Pty) Ltd.
Verra Biomass Active
Registered
Not stated 133,553110,381 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 127,098127,098 Country only
Durban Landfill-Gas Bisasar Road
VCS787 · eThekweni municipality cleansing & solid waste (PP...
Verra Landfill Methane Active
Verification approval requested
Not stated 124,884124,884 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 66,20162,343 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.
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