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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joburg Landfill Gas to Energy Project. - CER Conversion VCS2511 · Converted from other GHG program (PP) |
Verra | Landfill Methane | Active Units transferred from approved GH... |
Not stated | 11,645 | 11,645 | Country only |
| Highveld Air Quality - Emfuleni project GS987 · Nova Institute |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 11,589 | 11,589 | Project location |
| Letaba Biomass to Energy Project GS467 · myclimate Foundation |
Gold Standard | Biomass | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 10,355 | 10,324 | Project location |
| The Capture and Utilisation of Methane at the GFI Mining South Africa... VCS992 · Sibanye Gold Ltd |
Verra | Mine Methane Capture | Withdrawn or inactive Late to Verify |
Not stated | 9,643 | 9,643 | Country only |
| Kuyasa low-cost urban housing energy upgrade project Khayelitsha (Cape... GS337 · atmosfair gGmbH |
Gold Standard | Bundled Energy Efficiency | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 9,341 | 0 | Corrected location |
| Highveld Air Quality - Phumula project GS609 · Nova Institute |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 8,436 | 8,436 | Project location |
| Highveld Air Quality - NFS project GS986 · Nova Institute |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 8,377 | 8,377 | Project location |
| Maluti Air Quality Project - West GS1039 · Nova Institute |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 6,432 | 6,432 | Project location |
| Highveld Air Quality - Sakhile project GS991 · Nova Institute |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 5,455 | 5,455 | Project location |
| Brickstar Wood Stove - Mahlaba Area GS4536 · Nova Institute |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households +1 | 5,156 | 4,893 | Project location |
| Highveld Air Quality - EMM south project GS990 · Nova Institute |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 4,034 | 4,034 | Project location |
| Maluti Air Quality Project - South GS1027 · Nova Institute |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 3,149 | 3,149 | Project location |
| Highveld Air Quality - Standerton project GS1040 · Nova Institute |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 1,140 | 1,140 | Project location |
| A-Gas International 1 ACR0740 · A-Gas US Inc. |
ACR | Ozone Depleting Substances Recovery & Destruction | In the pipeline Active: Listed |
Not stated | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| Gauteng Free State Mpumalanga Limpopo & Northern Cape CFL Replacement... GS1139 · Eskom Holdings SOC Limited |
Gold Standard | Lighting | Certified design Gold Standard Certified Design |
households | 0 | 0 | Project location |
| North West KwaZulu-Natal & Eastern Cape CFL Replacement Project (2) in... GS1140 · Eskom Holdings SOC Limited |
Gold Standard | Lighting | Certified design Gold Standard Certified Design |
households | 0 | 0 | Project location |
| CFL Replacement Programme of Activities in South Africa GS1141 · Eskom Holdings SOC Limited |
Gold Standard | Lighting | Certified design Gold Standard Certified Design |
households | 0 | 0 | Project location |
| Historical Roll Out GS Large Scale VER Project GS1142 · Eskom Holdings SOC Limited |
Gold Standard | Lighting | Certified design Gold Standard Certified Design |
households | 0 | 0 | Project location |
| GS1141 CLF Replacement Project Western Cape - CPA-01 GS1175 · Eskom Holdings SOC Limited |
Gold Standard | Lighting | Certified design Gold Standard Certified Design |
households | 0 | 0 | Project location |
| Improved Cooking Stoves PoA in Africa GS2659 · Envirofit International Ltd. |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | In the pipeline Listed |
Not stated | 0 | 0 | Project location |
| Brickstar Wood Stove - Nwamitwa Area GS4627 · Nova Institute |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | In the pipeline Listed |
households +1 | 0 | 0 | Project location |
| Bokpoort CSP (Concentrating Solar Power) Project South Africa GS5929 · ACWA Power Solafrica Bokpoort CSP Power |
Gold Standard | Solar - Centralized | Certified design Gold Standard Certified Design |
Not stated | 0 | 0 | Project location |
| Small-scale solar electrical programme South Africa GS11949 · BLUE WORLD CARBON ASSET MANAGEMENT (PTY) LTD |
Gold Standard | Solar - Distributed | Certified design Gold Standard Certified Design |
Not stated | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| TERRAGRN – Land Regeneration through Agroforestry in Mpumalanga South... GS12094 · TERRAGRN PRIVATE LIMITED |
Gold Standard | Afforestation/Reforestation | Certified design Gold Standard Certified Design |
women +1 | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| TERRAGRN – Land Regeneration through Agroforestry in Mpumalanga South... GS12095 · TERRAGRN PRIVATE LIMITED |
Gold Standard | Afforestation/Reforestation | Certified design Gold Standard Certified Design |
local communities | 0 | 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.