Carbon credit projects in India
Registry records list 1,903 carbon credit projects in India, the largest group renewable energy. Together they have issued 409,690,880 tonnes and retired 252,544,509.
Key figures
Projects
1,903
Registries
4
Credits issued
409,690,880 t
Credits retired
252,544,509 t
Source: Registry records · Data as of 1 June 2026
By registry
- Verra 1,174
- Gold Standard 713
- Isometric 12
- Cercarbono 4
By category
- Renewable Energy 836
- Energy Efficiency 398
- Not specified 254
- Forest 133
- Fuel Switching 118
- Agriculture 81
- Ghg Management 64
- Biomass Cdr 15
- Alkalinity Cdr 4
India and Article 6
- Bilateral agreements
- 2
- 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
- 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
Most used methodologies
- ACM0002 368 projects
- AMS-I-D 333 projects
- VMR0006 113 projects
- AMS-II-G 79 projects
- AMS-I-C 68 projects
- AR-ACM0003 59 projects
- GS-TPDDTEC 49 projects
- VM0047 40 projects
- AMS-I-E 40 projects
- AMS-I-A 34 projects
Hazard context
- Wildfire
- High
- River flood
- High
- Drought
- High
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.
Large Scale Dissemination of High Efficiency Improved Cookstoves in India
Gold Standard · India · Energy Efficiency
No issuance recorded
Leveraging carbon finance for smallholder farmers in India
Verra · India · Agriculture
Not yet issued
Livelihood improvement by Shashwat agroforestry plantation through carbon Finance in Maharashtra
Verra · India · Forest
Not yet issued
Livelihood improvement by agroforestry plantation in India
Verra · India · Forest
Not yet issued
Low cost irrigation devices programme in India
Gold Standard · India · Renewable Energy
No issuance recorded
M/s. TATA COFFEE LIMITED (TCL) TREE PLANTATION CARBON PROJECT IN WESTERN GHATS
Verra · India · Forest
Not yet issued
MAHARASHTRA AND GUJARAT INITIATIVE FOR REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE AND INCOME CREATION
Verra · India · Agriculture
Not yet issued
METHANE EMISSION REDUCTION PROJECT THROUGH INTERMITTENT FLOODING IN RICE CULTIVATION
Verra · India · Agriculture
No issuance recorded
MITIGATING CLIMATE CHANGE AND ENHANCING RURAL LIVELIHOODS THROUGH PLANTATIONS RAISED TO PROVIDE RAW MATERIAL TO THE PAPER INDUSTRY
Verra · India · Forest
No issuance recorded
MODAL SHIFT TO RAILWAY FOR TRANSPORTATION OF CARGO AT HANSALPUR, GUJARAT, INDIA
Verra · India · Energy Efficiency
Not yet issued
MSW Composting through Insect-based Organic Waste Processing
Verra · India · Ghg Management
Not yet issued
Maharashtra Methane Mission (M3)
Verra · India · Agriculture
Not yet issued
Mangrove Mitra: Community-Led Coastal Resilience
Verra · India
Not yet issued
Mangrove Restoration Initiative by LTIM in India
Verra · India
Not yet issued
Mangrove Restoration and Biodiversity Conservation for Coastal Communities of India
Verra · India
Not yet issued
Metafin-Off Grid Solar Milling Plants for Household Programme
Gold Standard · India · Renewable Energy
Not yet issued
Methane Avoidance through Biomining of Legacy Waste in India
Verra · India · Ghg Management
Not yet issued
Methane Emission Reduction Programme for Rice Cultivation by Farm2fork
Gold Standard · India
Not yet issued
Methane recovery from anaerobic treatment of distillery effluent and heat generation at Yashwantrao Mohite Krishna Sahakari Sakhar Karkhana Limited (YMKSSK), India
Verra · India · Ghg Management
No issuance recorded
Micro Scale Biogas CDM Project of BEST
Gold Standard · India · Renewable Energy
No issuance recorded
Micro Scale Biogas CDM Project of SACRED
Gold Standard · India · Renewable Energy
No issuance recorded
Micro Scale Biogas CDM Project of WORD
Gold Standard · India · Renewable Energy
No issuance recorded
Micro scale Improved Cook stove Project of Bagepalli Coolie Sangha
Gold Standard · India · Energy Efficiency
No issuance recorded
MicroEnergy Credits - Microfinance for Clean Energy Product Lines - India
Gold Standard · India · Renewable Energy
Not yet issued
MicroEnergy Credits Microfinance For Clean Energy Product Lines India
Gold Standard · India · Energy Efficiency
Not yet issued
Questions about India
How many carbon credit projects are in India?
1,903, as of 1 June 2026.
Has India signed Article 6 agreements?
2 bilateral agreements, as of 4 September 2026.
Which methodologies are most used in India?
ACM0002 (368), AMS-I-D (333), VMR0006 (113).
Registry data as of June 1, 2026