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Carbon projects in 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
2,563
1,253 active · 758 in the pipeline
Credits issued
418,108,983
tonnes CO₂-equivalent, all vintages
Credits retired
233,409,680
56% of issued
Nature-based · blue carbon
365 · 30
507 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

1,330 of 2,563 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
Up Energy Improved Cookstoves Programme Uganda – CPA No 010
GS10908 · Uganda · UpEnergy Group
Gold Standard Cookstoves Active
Gold Standard Certified Project
Not stated 193,83364,323 Country only
Production and sale of efficient cookstoves in the urban areas of Mapu...
GS11209 · Mozambique · Carbonsink (Carbonsink Group S.r.l.)
Gold Standard Cookstoves Active
Gold Standard Certified Project
households 193,28091,830 Country only
Safe Water Programme – Nigeria – VPA 06
GS11264 · Nigeria · Impact Carbon
Gold Standard Clean Water Active
Gold Standard Certified Project
schools 192,860120,512 Country only
GS7591 VPA 33 Zambian Central Province Safe Water
GS7688 · Zambia · CO2balance UK ltd
Gold Standard Clean Water Active
Gold Standard Certified Project
households 192,197117,120 Country only
UPLIFTING OF MALAGASY COMMUNITIES BY DISTRIBUTING EFFICIENT COOKING AP...
VCS3096 · Madagascar · GSG Cleantech Private Limited (PP)
Verra Cookstoves Active
Registered
Not stated 190,9950 Country only
D.Light's Improved Cooking Project In Uganda
VCS4226 · Uganda · d.light design, Ltd
Verra Cookstoves Active
Registered
Not stated 189,40160,699 Country only
Up Energy Improved Cookstoves Programme Uganda – CPA No 009
GS10907 · Uganda · UpEnergy Group
Gold Standard Cookstoves Active
Gold Standard Certified Project
Not stated 188,64685,215 Country only
"Commonland African Improved Cookstove Programme – VPA 01 (Peace Parks...
GS10886 · Zambia · Commonland B.V.
Gold Standard Cookstoves Active
Gold Standard Certified Project
households 187,306153,306 Country only
D.Light's Improved Cooking Project In Nigeria
VCS4225 · Nigeria · d.light design, Ltd
Verra Cookstoves Active
Registered
Not stated 187,22459,180 Country only
Omnia N2O Abatement Project II - CER Conversion
VCS2432 · South Africa · 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
GS10789 GS 11673 RVPA-65: Efficient and Clean Cooking for households i...
GS12505 · Nigeria · Global Cookstoves 2 Limited
Gold Standard Cookstoves Active
Gold Standard Certified Project
households 185,5740 Country only
GS10789 GS 10790 VPA42: Efficient and Clean Cooking for households in...
GS11732 · Tanzania · ECOA Climate Capital
Gold Standard Cookstoves Active
Gold Standard Certified Project
Not stated 184,50051,498 Country only
Ejuva One and Ejuva Two Solar Projects
VCS1885 · Namibia · Multiple Project Proponents
Verra Solar - Centralized Active
Registered
Not stated 184,045132,778 Country only
Improved Cook Stoves programme for Rwanda CPA 0009
GS6271 · Rwanda · atmosfair gGmbH
Gold Standard Cookstoves Active
Gold Standard Certified Project
Not stated 183,46755,054 Programme location
Mare Chicose Landfill Gas Project
GS12147 · Mauritius · Climate Secure India Pvt. Ltd
Gold Standard Landfill Methane Active
Gold Standard Certified Project
Not stated 182,360134,905 Country only
Up Energy Improved Cookstoves Programme Uganda – CPA No 016
GS10914 · Uganda · UpEnergy Group
Gold Standard Cookstoves Active
Gold Standard Certified Project
Not stated 182,18574,634 Country only
Up Energy Improved Cookstoves Programme Uganda – CPA No 013
GS10911 · Uganda · UpEnergy Group
Gold Standard Cookstoves Active
Gold Standard Certified Project
Not stated 182,12290,113 Country only
Up Energy Improved Cookstoves Programme Uganda – CPA No 015
GS10913 · Uganda · UpEnergy Group
Gold Standard Cookstoves Active
Gold Standard Certified Project
Not stated 181,56977,843 Country only
Up Energy Improved Cookstoves Programme Uganda – CPA No 014
GS10912 · Uganda · UpEnergy Group
Gold Standard Cookstoves Active
Gold Standard Certified Project
Not stated 181,40089,406 Country only
Meru Improved Cook Stoves
GS976 · Kenya · CO2balance UK ltd
Gold Standard Cookstoves Active
Gold Standard Certified Project
villages 180,964176,034 Project location
Grid-connected Solar PV project in Bokhol
VCS1774 · Senegal · Senergy 2 SAS
Verra Solar - Centralized Active
Registered
Not stated 179,065176,651 Country only
Community Carbon Efficient Cooking Programme-VPA 17
GS12120 · Uganda · Community Carbon
Gold Standard Cookstoves Active
Gold Standard Certified Project
Not stated 178,79535,000 Country only
Madagascar Improved Cook Stove Project by KCM-Wood#CPA-W-010
VCS2687 · Madagascar · Korea Carbon Management Ltd (PP)
Verra Cookstoves Active
Verification approval requested
Not stated 175,8660 Country only
African Biogas Carbon Programme (ABC) - Uganda - VPA003
GS4236 · Uganda · AFRICA BIOENERGY PROGRAMS LIMITED
Gold Standard Biodigesters Active
Gold Standard Certified Project
households 175,098139,599 Programme location
Ambatolampy Solar PV
VCS2307 · Madagascar · New Energy Africa Ambatolampy (NEA Ambatolampy)
Verra Solar - Centralized Active
Registered
Not stated 175,04349,659 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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