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.

GEC Organics

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

No issuance recorded

GEC Organics Corp.

Verra · United States

Not yet issued

GHG CAPTURE IN THE PRODUCTION OF PLASTIC REPLACEMENT MATERIALS

Verra · United States

No issuance recorded

GHG Capture in the Production of Plastic Materials

Verra · United States

Not yet issued

GMMC1

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

Not yet issued

GQ Sustain Historical Program

Climate Action Reserve (CAR) · United States · Agriculture

Not yet issued

Garcia River

Climate Action Reserve (CAR) · United States · Forest

No issuance recorded

Golden Isles IFM Project

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

Not yet issued

Green Assets - HMWCF-III Avoided Conversion Project

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

No issuance recorded

Green Assets û Carolina Bays and Coastal Plain Forest Conservation & Sustainable Management Project

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States

Not yet issued

Green Diamond Pleasant Valley IFM

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

Not yet issued

Green Diamond Resource Company Klamath River North IFM

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

Not yet issued

Green Diamond Resource Company Longbell IFM

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

Not yet issued

Green Diamond Resource Company Mad River IFM

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

Not yet issued

Green Diamond Resource Company ORO East IFM

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

Not yet issued

Green Diamond Resource Company ORO North IFM

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

Not yet issued

Green Diamond Resource Company ORO South IFM

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

Not yet issued

Green Diamond Resource Company Southwide Afforestation 1

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

Not yet issued

Greening By Insulating for low income housing in NY

Gold Standard · United States

Not yet issued

Greening by Insulating for low income housing in NY - VPA 01

Gold Standard · United States · Energy Efficiency

Not yet issued

Grimmius East Biogas LLC

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

Not yet issued

Griswold

Climate Action Reserve (CAR) · United States · Forest

No issuance recorded

Grouped Energy Efficiency Project at Oxy

Verra · United States · Energy Efficiency

No issuance recorded

Gulf Coastal Plain IFM Project

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

Not yet issued

HRC Fangorn Forest IFM

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