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.

SPI Wildfire Reforestation Project #5

Climate Action Reserve (CAR) · United States · Forest

No issuance recorded

SPI Wildfire Reforestation Project #6

Climate Action Reserve (CAR) · United States · Forest

No issuance recorded

Salvador WMA Baldcypress Restoration Project

Verra · United States

Not yet issued

Schaads

Climate Action Reserve (CAR) · United States · Forest

No issuance recorded

SeaGraze™ Deployment Project - Early Adopters For Radical Methane Reduction

Verra · United States · Agriculture

Not yet issued

Sevier Solid Waste OWC Project

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

No issuance recorded

Sheep and Dixie Fire Project

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

Not yet issued

Shumaker IFM Project

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

Not yet issued

Silva Fortis

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

Not yet issued

Silver Butte Family Forest Carbon Project

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

Not yet issued

Siscowet IFM Carbon offset Project, Manulife IM

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

Not yet issued

Skyline Oakbend Biogas LLC

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

Not yet issued

Slate Ridge Digester Grid Connected Methane Recovery Project

Verra · United States · Ghg Management

No issuance recorded

Smoky Y Ranch Avoided Grassland Conversion

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

Not yet issued

South Texas Community Cleanup Biochar Project

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

Not yet issued

South Trinity Divide

Climate Action Reserve (CAR) · United States · Forest

No issuance recorded

South Wabash

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

Not yet issued

Southwest Biochar - AZ

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

Not yet issued

Sparq Renewables Okmulgee Orphaned Well Restoration

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

Not yet issued

Spindletop

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

Not yet issued

St Joseph Sanitary Landfill Gas Collection and Control System

Verra · United States · Ghg Management

No issuance recorded

Staten Island CA

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Land Use

Not yet issued

Stimson Montana Forestlands Carbon Project

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

Not yet issued

Stonehorse One IFM Project

Climate Action Reserve (CAR) · United States · Forest

No issuance recorded

Storrie Fire Reforestation

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

No issuance recorded

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