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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
| Project | Registry | Type | Status | Community | Issued | Retired | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fuel efficient stoves for Ethiopia Programme of Activities CPA 001 GS2722 · Ethiopia · atmosfair gGmbH |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 24,458 | 0 | Project location |
| GS5658 VPA 4: Resilience with Safe Drinking Water in Drought Prone Are... GS6749 · Ethiopia · Carbonsink (Carbonsink Group S.r.l.) |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households +2 | 23,977 | 23,977 | Project location |
| GS5658 VPA 10: Resilience with Safe drinking water in Drought Prone Ar... GS7436 · Ethiopia · Carbonsink (Carbonsink Group S.r.l.) |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 23,467 | 23,429 | Programme location |
| GS5658 VPA 32: Improved Cookstoves for Environmental Conservation in S... GS10989 · Ethiopia · Carbonsink (Carbonsink Group S.r.l.) |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households +1 | 22,653 | 15,099 | Country only |
| GS5658 VPA 5: Resilience with Safe drinking water in Somali Regional S... GS6750 · Ethiopia · Carbonsink (Carbonsink Group S.r.l.) |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 16,417 | 15,099 | Project location |
| GS1247 VPA 258 Northern Ethiopia Community Protected Springs GS10737 · Ethiopia · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 14,187 | 0 | Country only |
| GS1247 VPA 166 Southern Ethiopia Community Safe Water GS7288 · Ethiopia · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 13,380 | 6,258 | Project location |
| GS1247 VPA 168 Southern Ethiopia Community Safe Water GS7289 · Ethiopia · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 13,294 | 6,304 | Programme location |
| GS1247 VPA 169 Southern Ethiopia Community Safe Water GS7290 · Ethiopia · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 11,725 | 9,249 | Programme location |
| GS1247 VPA 171 Southern Ethiopia Community Safe Water GS7292 · Ethiopia · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 11,582 | 6,952 | Programme location |
| GS1247 VPA 170 Southern Ethiopia Community Safe Water GS7291 · Ethiopia · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 11,457 | 6,423 | Programme location |
| GS1247 VPA 165 Southern Ethiopia Community Safe Water GS7287 · Ethiopia · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 11,296 | 6,124 | Project location |
| Ethiopia ART0116 · Ethiopia · Ethiopian Forestry Development |
ART | Jurisdictional REDD+ | In the pipeline Listed |
Not stated | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| Fuel efficient stoves for Ethiopia Programme of Activities GS2718 · Ethiopia · atmosfair gGmbH |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Certified design Gold Standard Certified Design |
households | 0 | 0 | Project location |
| Pico Solar Home Systems Ethiopia GS4217 · Ethiopia · atmosfair gGmbH |
Gold Standard | Solar - Distributed | In the pipeline Listed |
households | 0 | 0 | Project location |
| Project Gaia Cook Stoves Programme of Activities Ethiopia CPA-0001 GS4535 · Ethiopia · Project Gaia |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Certified design Gold Standard Certified Design |
households | 0 | 0 | Project location |
| Project Gaia Cook Stove Programme of Activities CPA0003 Ethiopia GS4677 · Ethiopia · Project Gaia |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Certified design Gold Standard Certified Design |
households | 0 | 0 | Project location |
| GS5658 VPA 6: Resilience with safe drinking water in Afar Regional Sta... GS6751 · Ethiopia · Carbonsink (Carbonsink Group S.r.l.) |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | In the pipeline Listed |
villages | 0 | 0 | Project location |
| Believe Green Safe Drinking Water – Ethiopia-1 – GS7442 GS7442 · Ethiopia · Believe Green LLC |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Certified design Gold Standard Certified Design |
villages | 0 | 0 | Project location |
| Nazava Water Filter Project in Ethiopia GS10824 · Ethiopia · Swiss Carbon Value Ltd. |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Certified design Gold Standard Certified Design |
households | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| Namene Solar Lights Distribution Programme in Ethiopia GS10831 · Ethiopia · Namene Solar Lights Ltd. |
Gold Standard | Solar Lighting | Certified design Gold Standard Certified Design |
households +1 | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| Namene Solar Lights Distribution Programme in Ethiopia - VPA 1 GS10868 · Ethiopia · Namene Solar Lights Ltd. |
Gold Standard | Solar Lighting | Certified design Gold Standard Certified Design |
households +1 | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| Regenerate forest in Ethiopia: Support Carbon sequestration & wellbein... GS11052 · Ethiopia · World Vision Finland |
Gold Standard | Afforestation/Reforestation | Certified design Gold Standard Certified Design |
smallholder or rural f... +3 | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| VPA 01: Clean Cooking for Environmental Conservation in Ethiopia GS11652 · Ethiopia · Henan Deneng Energy&Environmental Protection Techn... |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | In the pipeline Listed |
Not stated | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| Small scale community-based afforestation program in Ethiopia GS11798 · Ethiopia · Deactivated Projects |
Gold Standard | Afforestation/Reforestation | In the pipeline Listed |
smallholder or rural f... | 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.