Carbon credit projects in United States

Registry records list 1,909 carbon credit projects in United States, most of them ghg management. Together they have issued 611,389,522 tonnes and retired 353,049,462.

Key figures

Projects

1,909

Registries

6

Credits issued

611,389,522 t

Credits retired

353,049,462 t

Source: Registry records · Data as of 1 June 2026

By registry

By category

  • Ghg Management 1,117
  • Forest 552
  • Fuel Switching 50
  • Land Use 44
  • Agriculture 36
  • Not specified 34
  • Energy Efficiency 32
  • Renewable Energy 20
  • Biomass Cdr 20
  • Alkalinity Cdr 3
  • Air Capture 1

United States and Article 6

Bilateral agreements
0
Authority for the Paris Agreement Crediting Mechanism
Not 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
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.

Anew - Arkansas River Basin Forestry Project

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

Not yet issued

Anew - Cassidy Forestry Project

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

Not yet issued

Anew - Eau Claire County Forestry Project

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

Not yet issued

Anew - Elliott State Research Forest Project

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

Not yet issued

Anew - Glacial Lakes Forestry Project

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

No issuance recorded

Anew - Gotham Woods Forestry Project

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

Not yet issued

Anew - Gray Wolf Forestry Project

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

Not yet issued

Anew - Linkletter Forestry Project

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

Not yet issued

Anew Agri-carbon Aggregation 1

Verra · United States · Agriculture

Not yet issued

Anew û Badger Woodlands Forestry Project

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

Not yet issued

Anew û Douglas County Forestry Project

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

Not yet issued

Anew û Evergreen Forestry Project

Climate Action Reserve (CAR) · United States · Forest

Not yet issued

Anew û Jackson County Forestry Project

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

Not yet issued

Anew û Spruce Woods Forestry Project

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

Not yet issued

Appalachia Carbon Project 2

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

No issuance recorded

Appalachia Carbon Project 3

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

No issuance recorded

Appalachian Valley IFM Project

Verra · United States · Forest

Not yet issued

ArborX Southwest Florida Wood Waste to Biochar Project

Climate Action Reserve (CAR) · United States · Biomass Cdr

Not yet issued

Arva Carbon Ready USA

Verra · United States · Agriculture

Not yet issued

Azra Tech Advanced Hull Coating - Blue Race ™ (Blue Reduction mArine Co2 Emission)

Gold Standard · United States

No issuance recorded

Azra Tech Advanced Hull Coating - Blue Race ™ (Blue Reduction mArine Co2 Emission) VPA 1

Gold Standard · United States

No issuance recorded

B B and H Ranch Avoided Grassland Conversion

Climate Action Reserve (CAR) · United States · Land Use

Not yet issued

Barnett Zero Project

Verra · United States · Ghg Management

Not yet issued

Barry Callebaut feed additive grouped project

Verra · United States · Agriculture

Not yet issued

Barthelmess Ranch Avoided Grassland Conversion

Climate Action Reserve (CAR) · United States · Land Use

Not yet issued

Questions about United States

How many carbon credit projects are in United States?

1,909, as of 1 June 2026.

Has United States signed Article 6 agreements?

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

Which methodologies are most used in United States?

ARB-FOREST (269), ARB-OZONE (228), ACR-IFM-NONFED (194).

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Registry data as of June 1, 2026