Carbon credit projects in Germany

Registry records list 57 carbon credit projects in Germany, most of them ghg management. Together they have issued 10,514,136 tonnes and retired 9,416,941.

Key figures

Projects

57

Registries

4

Credits issued

10,514,136 t

Credits retired

9,416,941 t

Source: Registry records · Data as of 1 June 2026

By registry

By category

  • Ghg Management 43
  • Agriculture 4
  • Not specified 4
  • Forest 2
  • Energy Efficiency 2
  • Biomass Cdr 1
  • Alkalinity Cdr 1

Germany and Article 6

Bilateral agreements
0
Authority for the Paris Agreement Crediting Mechanism
Appointed
Participation requirements for the Mechanism
Not published
Cooperative approaches
0
Article 6.2 activities
0
Crediting Mechanism activities approved by the host
0
Crediting Mechanism activities registered
0

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

What these figures mean

Most used methodologies

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.

Reduction of CO2 Emissions by Glass Recycling

Verra · Germany · Energy Efficiency

Not yet issued

Smart Train Lease CO2 Reduction Project

Gold Standard · Germany

Not yet issued

Soil+ Project to Incentivize Emissions Reductions and Removals on Agricultural Land in Europe

Verra · Germany · Agriculture

Not yet issued

The Central Europe CowCredit project: A dairy initiative to reduce methane from enteric fermentation in Central Europe

Verra · Germany · Agriculture

No issuance recorded

Tradewater - Middle East 6

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · Germany · Ghg Management

Not yet issued

ZX-24 Vulkaneifel

Isometric · Germany · Alkalinity Cdr

No issuance recorded

humusCO2mp

Gold Standard · Germany

Not yet issued

Questions about Germany

How many carbon credit projects are in Germany?

57, as of 1 June 2026.

Has Germany signed Article 6 agreements?

UN tracking records no bilateral agreements for Germany, as of 4 September 2026.

Which methodologies are most used in Germany?

ACM0008 (25), AMS-III-D (13), ACR-INTERNATIONAL-ODS (4).

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Registry data as of June 1, 2026