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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 83 GS12399 · Nigeria · Impact Carbon |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
schools | 81,555 | 0 | Country only |
| Safe Water Programme – Nigeria - VPA 82 GS12398 · Nigeria · Impact Carbon |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
schools | 80,608 | 0 | Country only |
| Safe Water Programme – Nigeria - VPA 84 GS12400 · Nigeria · Impact Carbon |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
schools | 80,564 | 0 | Country only |
| Safe Water Programme – Nigeria - VPA 91 GS12407 · Nigeria · Impact Carbon |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
schools | 80,272 | 0 | Country only |
| Safe Water Programme – Nigeria - VPA 87 GS12403 · Nigeria · Impact Carbon |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
schools | 78,798 | 0 | Country only |
| Safe Water Programme – Nigeria - VPA 81 GS12397 · Nigeria · Impact Carbon |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
schools | 78,197 | 0 | Country only |
| Safe Water Programme – Nigeria - VPA 93 GS12409 · Nigeria · Impact Carbon |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
schools | 75,960 | 18,000 | Country only |
| Safe Water Programme – Nigeria - VPA 94 GS12410 · Nigeria · Impact Carbon |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
schools | 74,993 | 175 | Country only |
| Safe Water Programme – Nigeria - VPA 95 GS12411 · Nigeria · Impact Carbon |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
schools | 74,981 | 0 | Country only |
| Safe Water Programme – Nigeria - VPA 92 GS12408 · Nigeria · Impact Carbon |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
schools | 73,217 | 0 | Country only |
| Safe Water Programme – Nigeria - VPA 96 GS12412 · Nigeria · Impact Carbon |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
schools | 71,621 | 0 | Country only |
| Safe Water Programme – Nigeria - VPA 98 GS12414 · Nigeria · Impact Carbon |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
schools | 71,087 | 0 | Country only |
| CPA # 2 Improved Cooking Stoves for Nigeria GS 1352 GS1352 · Nigeria · atmosfair gGmbH |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 70,984 | 9,432 | Programme location |
| Safe Water Programme – Nigeria - VPA 97 GS12413 · Nigeria · Impact Carbon |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
schools | 69,975 | 0 | Country only |
| GS10789 VPA66: Efficient and Clean Cooking for households in Nigeria GS11741 · Nigeria · Global Cookstoves Ltd. |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 69,900 | 0 | Country only |
| CPA # 1 Improved Cooking Stoves for Nigeria GS 1162 GS1162 · Nigeria · atmosfair gGmbH |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 68,605 | 4,795 | Programme location |
| Safe Water Programme – Nigeria - VPA 99 GS12415 · Nigeria · Impact Carbon |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
schools | 68,534 | 0 | Country only |
| Safe Water Programme – Nigeria - VPA 100 GS12416 · Nigeria · Impact Carbon |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
schools | 67,876 | 0 | Country only |
| Safe Water Programme – Nigeria - VPA 101 GS12417 · Nigeria · Impact Carbon |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
schools | 66,803 | 0 | Country only |
| CPA # 4 Improved Cooking Stoves for Nigeria GS 2437 GS2437 · Nigeria · atmosfair gGmbH |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 56,797 | 11,170 | Programme location |
| GS7591 VPA 51 Safe Water Supply in Nigeria GS12115 · Nigeria · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 54,989 | 0 | Country only |
| CPA # 3 Improved Cooking Stoves for Nigeria GS 1353 GS1353 · Nigeria · atmosfair gGmbH |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 52,068 | 8,387 | Programme location |
| Safe Water Programme – Nigeria - VPA 102 GS12418 · Nigeria · Impact Carbon |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
schools | 51,505 | 0 | Country only |
| UpEnergy-Social and Climate Impact Programme- Nigeria-1 VCS2673 · Nigeria · UpEnergy Group (PP) |
Verra | Cookstoves | Active Verification approval requested |
Not stated | 41,647 | 0 | Country only |
| Niger Acacia Senegal Plantation Project - CER Conversion VCS2965 · Niger · Converted from other GHG program (PP) |
Verra | Afforestation/Reforestation | Active Units transferred from approved GH... |
Not stated | 38,769 | 38,769 | 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.