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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Up Energy Improved Cookstoves Programme Uganda – CPA No 015 GS10913 · Uganda · UpEnergy Group |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 181,569 | 77,843 | 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 | 181,400 | 89,406 | Country only |
| African Biogas Carbon Programme (ABC) - Uganda - VPA003 GS4236 · Uganda · AFRICA BIOENERGY PROGRAMS LIMITED |
Gold Standard | Biodigesters | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 175,098 | 139,599 | Programme location |
| TIST Program in Uganda, VCS 006 VCS995 · Uganda · Clean Air Action Corporation (PP) |
Verra | Afforestation/Reforestation | Active Registered |
Not stated | 168,442 | 155,897 | Country only |
| TIST Program in Uganda, VCS-CCB 010 VCS2339 · Uganda · Clean Air Action Corporation (PP) |
Verra | Afforestation/Reforestation | Active Registered |
Not stated | 155,813 | 128,241 | Country only |
| GS7591 VPA 9 Northern Uganda Safe Water Project GS7594 · Uganda · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
community groups or co... | 153,490 | 113,114 | Country only |
| Up Energy Improved Cookstoves Programme Uganda – CPA No 017 GS10915 · Uganda · UpEnergy Group |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 153,378 | 79,333 | Country only |
| Up Energy Improved Cookstoves Programme Uganda – CPA No 018 GS10916 · Uganda · UpEnergy Group |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 153,378 | 79,333 | Country only |
| Up Energy Improved Cookstoves Programme Uganda – CPA No 019 GS10917 · Uganda · UpEnergy Group |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 153,378 | 58,562 | Country only |
| Up Energy Improved Cookstoves Programme Uganda – CPA No 020 GS10918 · Uganda · UpEnergy Group |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 153,378 | 85,499 | Country only |
| GS11638 VPA-2 SPOUTS Water Purifier Programme in Africa- WPS in Uganda... GS11640 · Uganda · AGS Carbon Advisory |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households +1 | 148,976 | 64,231 | Country only |
| OYU - Clean Cooking in Uganda VCS4997 · Uganda · OYU Green Private Limited (PP) |
Verra | Cookstoves | Active Registered |
Not stated | 119,833 | 2,000 | Country only |
| GS11638 GS11640 RVPA-2 SPOUTS Water Purifier Programme in Africa- WPS... GS12050 · Uganda · AGS Carbon Advisory |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households +1 | 119,111 | 7,045 | Country only |
| Up Energy Improved Cookstoves Programme Uganda – CPA No 004 GS10902 · Uganda · UpEnergy Group |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 119,078 | 96,360 | Country only |
| Up Energy Improved Cookstoves Programme Uganda – CPA No 003 GS10901 · Uganda · UpEnergy Group |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 105,650 | 68,526 | Country only |
| Up Energy Improved Cookstoves Programme Uganda – CPA No 002 GS10900 · Uganda · UpEnergy Group |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 99,430 | 66,760 | Country only |
| GS11638 GS11640 RVPA-1 SPOUTS Water Purifier Programme in Africa- WPS... GS11861 · Uganda · AGS Carbon Advisory |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households +1 | 98,381 | 30,235 | Country only |
| TIST Program in Uganda, VCS 002 VCS825 · Uganda · Clean Air Action Corporation (PP) |
Verra | Afforestation/Reforestation | Withdrawn or inactive Late to Verify |
Not stated | 95,277 | 95,277 | Country only |
| GS7591 VPA 10 Northern Uganda Safe Water Project GS7595 · Uganda · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
community groups or co... | 87,789 | 39,527 | Country only |
| GS5304 MKOPA Solar Lighting Programme of Activities - Uganda VPA 2 GS5315 · Uganda · Climate Impact Partners Limited |
Gold Standard | Solar Lighting | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 82,368 | 48,849 | Country only |
| GS11638 GS11640 RVPA-3 SPOUTS Water Purifier Programme in Africa- WPS... GS12052 · Uganda · AGS Carbon Advisory |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households +1 | 81,096 | 4,106 | Country only |
| TIST Program in Uganda, VCS 003 VCS827 · Uganda · Clean Air Action Corporation (PP) |
Verra | Afforestation/Reforestation | Active Registered |
Not stated | 80,538 | 80,538 | Country only |
| GS2404 International Water Purification Programme - CPA 2 Chlorine dis... GS2735 · Uganda · Swiss Carbon Assets Ltd. |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 79,219 | 0 | Project location |
| WADI - Innovation for Safe Water and Climate in Uganda GS10738 · Uganda · myclimate Foundation |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households +2 | 76,849 | 65,684 | Country only |
| GS1247 VPA 2 Improved Kitchen Regimes: Kole District Borehole Project... GS1359 · Uganda · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 75,765 | 71,708 | Project location |
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.