Lowest-rated carbon credit megaprojects
The market's biggest projects — over a million credits each — with the weakest integrity scores.
Top 50 · from CarbonDecode's ratings of every project · Limited to projects with 1,000,000+ credits issued..
| # | Grade | Score | Project | Type | Registry | Issued |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | C | 19 | Merit Energy Geo-Seq Carbon Capture & Enhanced Oil Recovery · United States | Carbon Capture & Enhanced Oil Recovery | American Carbon Registry | 7.3M |
| 2 | C | 19 | North Country LFG Landfill Methane · United States | Landfill Methane | American Carbon Registry | 1.6M |
| 3 | C | 19 | Cumberland Forest Highlands IFM Improved Forest Management · United States | Improved Forest Management | American Carbon Registry | 3.2M |
| 4 | C | 19 | White Mountain Apache Tribe Carbon Project II Improved Forest Management · United States | Improved Forest Management | American Carbon Registry | 5.6M |
| 5 | C | 19 | Finite Carbon - Passamaquoddy Tribe IFM Improved Forest Management · United States | Improved Forest Management | Climate Action Reserve | 4.1M |
| 6 | C | 19 | Forest Carbon Partners - Mescalero Apache Tribe Improved Forest Management Project Improved Forest Management · United States | Improved Forest Management | Climate Action Reserve | 3.9M |
| 7 | C | 19 | Chugach Alaska Forest Carbon Project Improved Forest Management · United States | Improved Forest Management | Climate Action Reserve | 6.8M |
| 8 | CC | 29 | Boa Vista A/R Afforestation/Reforestation · Brazil | Afforestation/Reforestation | American Carbon Registry | 2.6M |
| 9 | CC | 29 | KARIBA REDD+ PROJECT REDD+ · Zimbabwe | REDD+ | Verra (VCS) | 29M |
| 10 | CC | 29 | Isangi REDD+ Project REDD+ · DRC | REDD+ | Verra (VCS) | 1.4M |
| 11 | CC | 29 | Qianxinan Afforestation Project in Guizhou Province Afforestation/Reforestation · China | Afforestation/Reforestation | Verra (VCS) | 1.4M |
| 12 | CC | 29 | Xiguan Afforestation Project in Guizhou Province Afforestation/Reforestation · China | Afforestation/Reforestation | Verra (VCS) | 1.1M |
| 13 | CC | 29 | Guinan Afforestation Project Afforestation/Reforestation · China | Afforestation/Reforestation | Verra (VCS) | 1.7M |
| 14 | CC | 29 | Qianbei Afforestation Project Afforestation/Reforestation · China | Afforestation/Reforestation | Verra (VCS) | 1.8M |
| 15 | CC | 29 | Installation of high efficiency wood burning cookstoves in Zimbabwe Cookstoves · Zimbabwe | Cookstoves | Verra (VCS) | 1.2M |
| 16 | CC | 29 | Distribution of Improved Cook Stoves in Sub-Saharan Africa-Malawi-CPA-006 Cookstoves · Malawi | Cookstoves | Verra (VCS) | 1.9M |
| 17 | B | 47 | Rimba Raya Biodiversity Reserve Project REDD+ · Indonesia | REDD+ | Verra (VCS) | 34M |
| 18 | B | 48 | The Kasigau Corridor REDD Project – Phase I Rukinga Sanctuary REDD+ · Kenya | REDD+ | Verra (VCS) | 3.8M |
| 19 | B | 48 | The Kasigau Corridor REDD Project - Phase II The Community Ranches REDD+ · Kenya | REDD+ | Verra (VCS) | 18M |
| 20 | B | 48 | Cikel Brazilian Amazon REDD APD Project Avoiding Planned Deforestation REDD+ · Brazil | REDD+ | Verra (VCS) | 7.6M |
| 21 | B | 48 | FLORESTAL SANTA MARIA PROJECT REDD+ · Brazil | REDD+ | Verra (VCS) | 8.6M |
| 22 | B | 48 | The Mai Ndombe REDD+ Project REDD+ · DRC | REDD+ | Verra (VCS) | 43M |
| 23 | B | 48 | Reduction of deforestation and degradation in Tambopata National Reserve and Bahuaja-Sonene National Park within the area of Madre de Dios region –Peru REDD+ · Peru | REDD+ | Verra (VCS) | 4.9M |
| 24 | B | 48 | Ecomapua Amazon REDD Project REDD+ · Brazil | REDD+ | Verra (VCS) | 2.1M |
| 25 | B | 48 | LOWER ZAMBEZI REDD+ PROJECT REDD+ · Zambia | REDD+ | Verra (VCS) | 2.4M |
| 26 | B | 48 | Laguna Seca Forest Carbon Project REDD+ · Belize | REDD+ | Verra (VCS) | 2.1M |
| 27 | B | 48 | Forest Management to reduce deforestation and degradation in Shipibo Conibo and Cacataibo Indigenous communities of Ucayali region REDD+ · Peru | REDD+ | Verra (VCS) | 2.6M |
| 28 | B | 48 | REDD+ Project Resguardo Indigena Unificado Selva de Mataven (RIU SM) REDD+ · Colombia | REDD+ | Verra (VCS) | 27M |
| 29 | B | 48 | REDD+ Project for Caribbean Guatemala: The Conservation Coast REDD+ · Guatemala | REDD+ | Verra (VCS) | 7.0M |
| 30 | BB | 52 | Carbon Emissions Reduction Project in the Corridor Ankeniheny-Zahamena (CAZ) Protected Area, Madagascar REDD+ · Madagascar | REDD+ | Verra (VCS) | 3.9M |
| 31 | BB | 52 | Lacandon – Forest for life REDD+ Project REDD+ · Guatemala | REDD+ | Verra (VCS) | 1.6M |
| 32 | BB | 54 | Manoa REDD+ Project REDD+ · Brazil | REDD+ | Verra (VCS) | 2.0M |
| 33 | BB | 54 | TAHUAMANU AMAZON REDD PROJECT REDD+ · Peru | REDD+ | Verra (VCS) | 5.1M |
| 34 | BB | 54 | Kulera Landscape REDD+ Program for Co-Managed Protected Areas, Malawi REDD+ · Malawi | REDD+ | Verra (VCS) | 3.3M |
| 35 | BB | 54 | CHINKO CONSERVATION AREA REDD+ PROJECT, CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC REDD+ · Central African Republic | REDD+ | Verra (VCS) | 1.3M |
| 36 | BB | 55 | Darkwoods Forest Carbon Project Improved Forest Management · Canada | Improved Forest Management | Verra (VCS) | 3.8M |
| 37 | BB | 55 | INFAPRO Rehabilitation of logged-over dipterocarp forest in Sabah, Malaysia Improved Forest Management · Malaysia | Improved Forest Management | Verra (VCS) | 1.5M |
| 38 | BB | 55 | Afognak Forest Carbon Project Improved Forest Management · United States | Improved Forest Management | Verra (VCS) | 1.1M |
| 39 | BB | 55 | KUAMUT RAINFOREST CONSERVATION PROJECT Improved Forest Management · Malaysia | Improved Forest Management | Verra (VCS) | 5.8M |
| 40 | BB | 55 | BigCoast Forest Climate Initiative Improved Forest Management · Canada | Improved Forest Management | Verra (VCS) | 1.4M |
| 41 | BB | 55 | Madre de Dios Amazon REDD+ Project REDD+ · Peru | REDD+ | Verra (VCS) | 11M |
| 42 | BB | 55 | Rio Bravo Climate Action Project REDD+ · Belize | REDD+ | Verra (VCS) | 1.8M |
| 43 | BB | 55 | REDD project in Brazil nut concessions in Madre de Dios, Peru REDD+ · Peru | REDD+ | Verra (VCS) | 19M |
| 44 | BB | 55 | Alto Mayo Conservation Initiative REDD+ · Peru | REDD+ | Verra (VCS) | 7.6M |
| 45 | BB | 55 | RMDLT Portel - Para REDD Project REDD+ · Brazil | REDD+ | Verra (VCS) | 7.1M |
| 46 | BB | 55 | Pacajai REDD+ Project REDD+ · Brazil | REDD+ | Verra (VCS) | 10M |
| 47 | BB | 55 | Cordillera Azul National Park REDD Project REDD+ · Peru | REDD+ | Verra (VCS) | 37M |
| 48 | BB | 55 | The Russas Project REDD+ · Brazil | REDD+ | Verra (VCS) | 1.4M |
| 49 | BB | 55 | JARI/AMAPÁ REDD+ PROJECT REDD+ · Brazil | REDD+ | Verra (VCS) | 2.1M |
| 50 | BB | 55 | April Salumei Rainforest Community Conservation Project REDD+ · Papua New Guinea | REDD+ | Verra (VCS) | 2.2M |