Carbon credit projects in Uganda
Registry records list 296 carbon credit projects in Uganda, most of them energy efficiency. Together they have issued 34,800,200 tonnes and retired 22,244,721.
Key figures
Projects
296
Registries
3
Credits issued
34,800,200 t
Credits retired
22,244,721 t
Source: Registry records · Data as of 1 June 2026
By registry
- Gold Standard 254
- Verra 41
- ART TREES 1
By category
- Energy Efficiency 153
- Not specified 99
- Forest 24
- Renewable Energy 14
- Fuel Switching 3
- Ghg Management 2
- Agriculture 1
Uganda and Article 6
- Bilateral agreements
- 0
- Authority for the Paris Agreement Crediting Mechanism
- Appointed
- Participation requirements for the Mechanism
- Published
- Cooperative approaches
- 0
- Article 6.2 activities
- 0
- Crediting Mechanism activities approved by the host
- 15
- Crediting Mechanism activities registered
- 6
Country-level facts from UN tracking. Whether a particular project is authorised is not shown here.
Source: UN Article 6 tracking (Article 6 Pipeline, UNEP Copenhagen Climate Centre) · Data as of 4 September 2026
Most used methodologies
- GS-TPDDTEC 77 projects
- AMS-II-G 35 projects
- GS-DRINKING-WATER 18 projects
- AMS-III-AV 8 projects
- VMR0006 7 projects
- AMS-I-E 7 projects
- AR-ACM0003 6 projects
- AR-AMS0001 6 projects
- GS-METERED-COOKSTOVES 5 projects
- VM0047 4 projects
Hazard context
- Wildfire
- High
- River flood
- High
- Drought
- Medium
Levels for the country as a whole, not for any one project site.
Source: ThinkHazard hazard assessments · Levels read 25 September 2026
Projects
Largest issuance first.
GS5047 VPA46 African Improved Cookstoves and Clean Water Programme: Albertine Rift Wildlife Corridor Cook Stove Project II
Gold Standard · Uganda · Energy Efficiency
No issuance recorded
GS5047 VPA94 African Improved Cookstoves and Clean Water Programme: Albertine Rift Wildlife Corridor Cook Stove Project IV
Gold Standard · Uganda · Energy Efficiency
No issuance recorded
GS5047 VPA95 African Improved Cookstoves and Clean Water Programme: Albertine Rift Wildlife Corridor Cook Stove Project V
Gold Standard · Uganda · Energy Efficiency
No issuance recorded
GS5047 VPA96 African Improved Cookstoves and Clean Water Programme: Albertine Rift Wildlife Corridor Cook Stove Project VI
Gold Standard · Uganda · Energy Efficiency
No issuance recorded
GS5047 VPA97 African Improved Cookstoves and Clean Water Programme: Albertine Rift Wildlife Corridor Cook Stove Project VII
Gold Standard · Uganda · Energy Efficiency
No issuance recorded
GS5047 VPA98 African Improved Cookstoves and Clean Water Programme: Albertine Rift Wildlife Corridor Cook Stove Project VIII
Gold Standard · Uganda · Energy Efficiency
No issuance recorded
GS5047 VPA99 African Improved Cookstoves and Clean Water Programme: Albertine Rift Wildlife Corridor Cook Stove Project IX
Gold Standard · Uganda · Energy Efficiency
No issuance recorded
GS7591 VPA 12 Northern Uganda Safe Water Project
Gold Standard · Uganda · Energy Efficiency
No issuance recorded
GS7591 VPA 13 Northern Uganda Safe Water Project
Gold Standard · Uganda · Energy Efficiency
No issuance recorded
GS7591 VPA 14 Northern Uganda Safe Water Project
Gold Standard · Uganda · Energy Efficiency
No issuance recorded
GS7591 VPA 15 Northern Uganda Safe Water Project
Gold Standard · Uganda · Energy Efficiency
No issuance recorded
GS7591 VPA 16 Northern Uganda Safe Water Project
Gold Standard · Uganda · Energy Efficiency
No issuance recorded
GS7591 VPA 42 Uganda Community Safe Water Project
Gold Standard · Uganda · Energy Efficiency
Not yet issued
GS7591 VPA 62 Innovation: Africa Solar Water Pumping Projects - Uganda
Gold Standard · Uganda · Energy Efficiency
Not yet issued
GS936 Clean Cook Stoves in Sub-Saharan Africa by ClimateCare Limited
Gold Standard · Uganda · Energy Efficiency
Not yet issued
Heavy Duty Institutional Cook Stoves for Uganda
Gold Standard · Uganda · Energy Efficiency
No issuance recorded
Iganga Improved Cook Stoves
Gold Standard · Uganda
Not yet issued
Impact Water Safe Drinking Water Initiative
Gold Standard · Uganda
No issuance recorded
Improved Cook Stoves for East Africa (ICSEA) PoA
Gold Standard · Uganda · Energy Efficiency
No issuance recorded
Improved Cookstove and Safe Drinking Water Project in Africa and Asia-VPA1 Uganda
Gold Standard · Uganda · Energy Efficiency
Not yet issued
Improved Cookstove and Safe Drinking Water Project in Africa and Asia-VPA2 Uganda
Gold Standard · Uganda · Energy Efficiency
Not yet issued
Improved cook stove project for smallholder coffee farmers in Uganda.
Gold Standard · Uganda · Renewable Energy
No issuance recorded
Improved cooking solutions for West Nile households in Uganda
Gold Standard · Uganda
Not yet issued
Improved cookstoves for refugees in Uganda
Verra · Uganda · Energy Efficiency
Not yet issued
Installation of high efficiency wood burning cookstoves in Uganda
Gold Standard · Uganda
Not yet issued
Questions about Uganda
How many carbon credit projects are in Uganda?
296, as of 1 June 2026.
Has Uganda signed Article 6 agreements?
UN tracking records no bilateral agreements for Uganda, as of 4 September 2026.
Which methodologies are most used in Uganda?
GS-TPDDTEC (77), AMS-II-G (35), GS-DRINKING-WATER (18).
Registry data as of June 1, 2026