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.

Charting a New Course - Carbon Insetting Program

Gold Standard · United States

No issuance recorded

Cherry Creek Avoided Conversion Project

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

Not yet issued

Chestnut American Woodlands Project 1

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

Not yet issued

Chestnut Sustainable Restoration Megaton Project

Gold Standard · United States

Not yet issued

Chestnut Sustainable Restoration Project

Gold Standard · United States

No issuance recorded

Clear Heart

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

No issuance recorded

Coffeyville NAP 1

Climate Action Reserve (CAR) · United States · Ghg Management

Not yet issued

Collins - Modoc Reforestation

Climate Action Reserve (CAR) · United States · Forest

Not yet issued

Coolgas 2019-2

Climate Action Reserve (CAR) · United States · Ghg Management

No issuance recorded

Coolpath Veles Rangeland Restoration Project

Verra · United States · Agriculture

Not yet issued

Corigin-1: BioChar Q3-25

Isometric · United States · Biomass Cdr

No issuance recorded

Corinth Abandoned Mine Methane Recovery Project (2024 ACR)

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Ghg Management

Not yet issued

Curtimade Biogas LLC

Climate Action Reserve (CAR) · United States · Ghg Management

Not yet issued

DELSCOTRRC2W#1-2024

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Ghg Management

Not yet issued

DPC Domestic ODS Destruction Project #12

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Ghg Management

No issuance recorded

DPC Domestic ODS Destruction Project #24

Climate Action Reserve (CAR) · United States · Ghg Management

No issuance recorded

Dairy Avenue and Circle H Biogas LLC

Climate Action Reserve (CAR) · United States · Ghg Management

Not yet issued

Dairyland Digester

Climate Action Reserve (CAR) · United States · Ghg Management

Not yet issued

Deadwood

Climate Action Reserve (CAR) · United States · Forest

No issuance recorded

Decatur County S.R. 309 Municipal Solid Waste Landfill Project

Climate Action Reserve (CAR) · United States · Ghg Management

No issuance recorded

Deep Gibou Carbon - Improved Forest Management Project

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

Not yet issued

Devil Fire Reforestation

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

No issuance recorded

Devil Fire Reforestation Compliance Project

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

Not yet issued

Diamond Dairy Vermifiltration

Verra · United States · Ghg Management

Not yet issued

Dixie Refo

Climate Action Reserve (CAR) · United States · Forest

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