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.

Modal shift in transportation of cargo from road transportation to more efficient transportation

Verra · United States · Energy Efficiency

Not yet issued

Montana Sustainable Grazing Project

Verra · United States · Agriculture

Not yet issued

Moonstone Biogas LLC

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

Not yet issued

Mountainy Pond Forests

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

Not yet issued

Move Systems Grouped Project. Fuel Switching in Food Carts and Ambulances Electrification in NYC

Verra · United States · Fuel Switching

No issuance recorded

Moxee Dairy Vermifiltration

Verra · United States · Renewable Energy

Not yet issued

NATIONAL CARBON TRADING PROJECT FOR WEATHERIZATION OF LOW-INCOME DWELLINGS

Verra · United States · Energy Efficiency

Not yet issued

Napachar Place-Based Biochar Production

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

Not yet issued

NativState - Afforestation in the Mississippi River Alluvial Valley

Verra · United States · Forest

Not yet issued

NativState - Bottomland Forests of the Louisiana Mississippi River Delta (PDA)

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

Not yet issued

NativState - Bottomland Forests of the Lower Mississippi Valley (PDA)

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

Not yet issued

NativState - Bottomland Forests of the Mississippi Alluvial Plain (PDA)

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

Not yet issued

NativState - Bottomland Forests of the Mississippi Delta and Piedmont (PDA)

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

Not yet issued

NativState - Bottomland Forests of the South-Central Plains (PDA)

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

Not yet issued

NativState - Central Interior Forests of the Boston Mountains and Ozark Hills (PDA)

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

Not yet issued

NativState - Forests of the Ozark Central Interior Highlands (PDA)

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

Not yet issued

NativState - Middle Mixed Forests of the Arkansas Valley, Western Mid Coastal Plain, and Mississippi Delta (PDA)

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

Not yet issued

NativState - Mississippi Delta Mixed Forests (PDA)

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

Not yet issued

NativState - Mixed Broadleaf Forests of the Ozark Central Hills and Plateau (PDA)

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

Not yet issued

NativState - Mixed Broadleaf Forests of the Ozark Highlands (PDA)

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

Not yet issued

NativState - Mixed Broadleaf Forests of the Western Tennessee Plains to the Highland Rim (PDA)

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

Not yet issued

NativState - Mixed Forests of the Southeast Arkansas, Western Louisiana, and Eastern Texas Coastal Plains (PDA)

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

Not yet issued

NativState - Mixed and Broadleaf Forests of the Central Interior (PDA)

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

Not yet issued

NativState - North Central Louisiana IFM Carbon Removal Project

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

Not yet issued

NativState û Alabama Gulf Coastal Plain and Mississippi Mixed Forests (PDA)

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · 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