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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Safe Water Programme – Nigeria – VPA 27 GS11285 · Nigeria · Impact Carbon |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
schools | 220,552 | 103,596 | Country only |
| Safe Water Programme – Nigeria – VPA 26 GS11284 · Nigeria · Impact Carbon |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
schools | 216,581 | 102,953 | Country only |
| Safe Water Programme – Nigeria – VPA 04 GS11262 · Nigeria · Impact Carbon |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
schools | 214,495 | 142,204 | Country only |
| Safe Water Programme – Nigeria – VPA 30 GS11288 · Nigeria · Impact Carbon |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
schools | 213,967 | 70,369 | Country only |
| Safe Water Programme – Nigeria – VPA 13 GS11271 · Nigeria · Impact Carbon |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
schools | 207,536 | 88,119 | Country only |
| Safe Water Programme – Nigeria – VPA 28 GS11286 · Nigeria · Impact Carbon |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
schools | 202,613 | 68,779 | Country only |
| Safe Water Programme – Nigeria – VPA 06 GS11264 · Nigeria · Impact Carbon |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
schools | 192,860 | 120,512 | Country only |
| D.Light's Improved Cooking Project In Nigeria VCS4225 · Nigeria · d.light design, Ltd |
Verra | Cookstoves | Active Registered |
Not stated | 187,224 | 59,180 | 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 | 185,574 | 0 | Country only |
| Safe Water Programme – Nigeria – VPA 29 GS11287 · Nigeria · Impact Carbon |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
schools | 130,207 | 18,172 | Country only |
| GS10789 GS11673 RVPA-63: Efficient and Clean Cooking for households i... GS12282 · Nigeria · Save Forest 2 Limited |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 119,441 | 0 | Country only |
| GS10789 GS11673 RVPA-67: Efficient and Clean Cooking for households i... GS12295 · Nigeria · Save Forest 2 Limited |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 111,159 | 0 | Country only |
| Efficient Fuel Wood Stoves for Nigeria GS411 · Nigeria · atmosfair gGmbH |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 97,297 | 0 | Project location |
| Safe Water Programme – Nigeria - VPA 74 GS12390 · Nigeria · Impact Carbon |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
schools | 95,548 | 0 | Country only |
| Safe Water Programme – Nigeria - VPA 75 GS12391 · Nigeria · Impact Carbon |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
schools | 95,533 | 0 | Country only |
| Safe Water Programme – Nigeria - VPA 77 GS12393 · Nigeria · Impact Carbon |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
schools | 94,486 | 0 | Country only |
| Safe Water Programme – Nigeria - VPA 76 GS12392 · Nigeria · Impact Carbon |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
schools | 92,981 | 0 | Country only |
| Safe Water Programme – Nigeria - VPA 78 GS12394 · Nigeria · Impact Carbon |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
schools | 89,959 | 0 | Country only |
| Safe Water Programme – Nigeria - VPA 89 GS12405 · Nigeria · Impact Carbon |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
schools | 84,105 | 0 | Country only |
| Safe Water Programme – Nigeria - VPA 85 GS12401 · Nigeria · Impact Carbon |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
schools | 83,647 | 0 | Country only |
| Safe Water Programme – Nigeria - VPA 79 GS12395 · Nigeria · Impact Carbon |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
schools | 83,494 | 0 | Country only |
| Safe Water Programme – Nigeria - VPA 86 GS12402 · Nigeria · Impact Carbon |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
schools | 83,254 | 0 | Country only |
| Safe Water Programme – Nigeria - VPA 80 GS12396 · Nigeria · Impact Carbon |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
schools | 83,009 | 0 | Country only |
| Safe Water Programme – Nigeria - VPA 90 GS12406 · Nigeria · Impact Carbon |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
schools | 82,915 | 0 | Country only |
| Safe Water Programme – Nigeria - VPA 88 GS12404 · Nigeria · Impact Carbon |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
schools | 82,813 | 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.