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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anaerobic digestion and heat generation at Sugar Corporation of Uganda... VCS1393 · Uganda · Multiple Project Proponents |
Verra | Methane Recovery in Wastewater | Active Registered |
Not stated | 73,257 | 40,022 | Country only |
| Up Energy Improved Cookstoves Programme Uganda – CPA No 021 GS10919 · Uganda · UpEnergy Group |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 71,574 | 42,684 | Country only |
| Up Energy Improved Cookstoves Programme Uganda – CPA No 022 GS10920 · Uganda · UpEnergy Group |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 71,574 | 41,591 | Country only |
| Up Energy Improved Cookstoves Programme Uganda – CPA No 023 GS10921 · Uganda · UpEnergy Group |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 69,927 | 38,133 | Country only |
| Up Energy Improved Cookstoves Programme, Uganda - CER Conversion VCS3371 · Uganda · UpEnergy Group (PP) |
Verra | Cookstoves | Active Units transferred from approved GH... |
Not stated | 63,908 | 53,840 | Country only |
| Institutional Improved Cook Stoves for Schools and Institutions in Uga... GS4364 · Uganda · Simoshi Limited |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households +2 | 63,705 | 21,962 | Programme location |
| GS2404 International Water Purification Programme- Chlorine Dispensers... GS5052 · Uganda · Swiss Carbon Assets Ltd. |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 62,614 | 0 | Project location |
| GS1247 VPA 44 BioLite Improved Stove Programme Uganda GS4271 · Uganda · BioLite Inc. |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 59,717 | 59,467 | Project location |
| GS7591 VPA 11 Northern Uganda Safe Water Project GS7596 · Uganda · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
community groups or co... | 56,616 | 38,177 | Country only |
| GS1247 VPA 164 EcoZoom Improved Stove Programme Uganda GS7153 · Uganda · BioLite Inc. |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 53,934 | 41,656 | Programme location |
| VPA 173 EcoZoom Improved Stove Programme Uganda GS7318 · Uganda · BioLite Inc. |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 47,123 | 34,421 | Programme location |
| GS2404 International Water purification PoA - Chlorine Dispensers in U... GS5051 · Uganda · Swiss Carbon Assets Ltd. |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 42,768 | 0 | Project location |
| GS11638 GS11640 RVPA-5 SPOUTS Water Purifier Programme in Africa- WPS... GS13120 · Uganda · AGS Carbon Advisory |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households +1 | 40,562 | 0 | Country only |
| GS2404 International Water Purification Programme - CPA 3 Chlorine Dis... GS3668 · Uganda · Swiss Carbon Assets Ltd. |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 39,083 | 0 | Project location |
| Safe Water in Uganda GS12015 · Uganda · NET ZERO DANIŞMANLIK ANONİM ŞİRKETİ |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 37,886 | 12,777 | Country only |
| Installation of high efficiency wood burning cookstoves in Uganda VCS2350 · Uganda · Bridge Carbon Africa Stoves Development Private Li... |
Verra | Cookstoves | Active Verification approval requested |
Not stated | 31,545 | 0 | Country only |
| GS11638 GS11640 RVPA-4 SPOUTS Water Purifier Programme in Africa- WPS... GS12801 · Uganda · AGS Carbon Advisory |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households +1 | 30,472 | 0 | Country only |
| Up Energy Improved Cookstoves Programme Uganda – CPA No 024 supported... GS11513 · Uganda · UpEnergy Group |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 30,270 | 30,270 | Country only |
| Up Energy Improved Cookstoves Programme Uganda – CPA No 025 supported... GS11514 · Uganda · UpEnergy Group |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 29,844 | 29,844 | Country only |
| Up Energy Improved Cookstoves Programme Uganda – CPA No 026 supported... GS11515 · Uganda · UpEnergy Group |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 29,436 | 29,436 | Country only |
| Up Energy Improved Cookstoves Programme Uganda – CPA No 027 supported... GS11516 · Uganda · UpEnergy Group |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 29,165 | 29,165 | Country only |
| GS1247 VPA 138 BioLite Improved Stove Programme Uganda GS6344 · Uganda · Erik Wurster |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 29,110 | 23,980 | Country only |
| Up Energy Improved Cookstoves Programme Uganda – CPA No 028 supported... GS11517 · Uganda · UpEnergy Group |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 28,800 | 28,800 | Country only |
| Up Energy Improved Cookstoves Programme Uganda – CPA No 029 supported... GS11518 · Uganda · UpEnergy Group |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 28,529 | 28,529 | Country only |
| Up Energy Improved Cookstoves Programme Uganda – CPA No 030 supported... GS11519 · Uganda · UpEnergy Group |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 28,267 | 28,267 | 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.