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.

Finite Carbon - Boone Parklands IFM

Climate Action Reserve (CAR) · United States · Forest

No issuance recorded

Finite Carbon - CIRI Native Alaskan IFM

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

No issuance recorded

Finite Carbon - Cooper River IFM

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

No issuance recorded

Finite Carbon - Emory River Improved Forest Management Project

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

No issuance recorded

Finite Carbon - Grace Woodlands IFM

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

Not yet issued

Finite Carbon - KRP Timberlands IFM

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

No issuance recorded

Finite Carbon - Lake Superior Timberlands IFM

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

No issuance recorded

Finite Carbon - Lykes Bros. Inc. IFM

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

Not yet issued

Finite Carbon - Lyme Cross City IFM

Climate Action Reserve (CAR) · United States · Forest

No issuance recorded

Finite Carbon - Lyme GLS

Climate Action Reserve (CAR) · United States · Forest

No issuance recorded

Finite Carbon - Molpus Ataya Kentucky IFM

Climate Action Reserve (CAR) · United States · Forest

No issuance recorded

Finite Carbon - NEFF Hersey Mountain

Climate Action Reserve (CAR) · United States · Forest

No issuance recorded

Finite Carbon - The Forestland Group Buffalo IFM I

Climate Action Reserve (CAR) · United States · Forest

No issuance recorded

Finite Carbon - Weyerhaeuser Company IFM 1

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

No issuance recorded

Finn Brook IFM Carbon Offset Project, Manulife IM

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

Not yet issued

Florence County Timberlands

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

Not yet issued

Fordyce IFM Carbon Offset Project, Manulife IM

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

Not yet issued

Forest Carbon Partners -- Fort Seward Improved Forest Management Project

Climate Action Reserve (CAR) · United States · Forest

No issuance recorded

Forest Carbon Works Downeast Woodlands Project

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

No issuance recorded

Forest Carbon Works Hawk Rock Holdings Project

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

No issuance recorded

Forest Carbon Works Keasey Family Corporation Project

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

No issuance recorded

Forest Carbon Works McMahon Family Forest Project

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

No issuance recorded

Forest Carbon Works Posner Family Forest Project

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

No issuance recorded

Forest Carbon Works Shumway Family Forest Project

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

No issuance recorded

Franklin County Regional Landfill

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

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