Carbon Credit Leaderboards

Programmatic rankings from the CarbonMeld audit database, updated with every export. Only groups with at least 5 rated projects are listed.

By sector

Cookstoves, REDD+, renewable energy and more — ranked by CarbonMeld quality score.

Renewable energy 770 projects · top 7.2/10
Industrial 200 projects · top 6.9/10
Biomass 192 projects · top 6.7/10
Biogas 111 projects · top 7/10
REDD+ 69 projects · top 6.7/10
Soil carbon 66 projects · top 6.7/10
Methane 64 projects · top 6.8/10
Cookstoves 60 projects · top 6.8/10
Biochar 44 projects · top 6.4/10
ARR (afforestation) 38 projects · top 6.6/10
Water 28 projects · top 6.5/10
DAC 9 projects · top 5.2/10

By country

The highest-rated projects in each host country.

India 385 projects · top 7.2/10
China 202 projects · top 7.7/10
Turkey 121 projects · top 6.9/10
United States 115 projects · top 6.5/10
Brazil 104 projects · top 6.5/10
Kenya 42 projects · top 6.4/10
Gujarat India 42 projects · top 4.5/10
Gujarat India. 33 projects · top 4.2/10
Mexico 27 projects · top 6/10
Türkiye 26 projects · top 6.8/10
Vietnam 25 projects · top 6.8/10
Uganda 23 projects · top 6.7/10
Thailand 22 projects · top 6.7/10
Colombia 18 projects · top 7/10
Indonesia 17 projects · top 6.5/10
Karnataka India 17 projects · top 4.3/10
Nigeria 15 projects · top 5.5/10
Nepal 14 projects · top 6.6/10
Peru 14 projects · top 6.4/10
TR 14 projects · top 4.5/10
Himachal Pradesh India 13 projects · top 4.2/10
Maharashtra India 13 projects · top 4/10
South Africa 12 projects · top 6.8/10
Cambodia 12 projects · top 6.7/10
Rwanda 12 projects · top 6.5/10
IS 12 projects · top 1.9/10
Canada 11 projects · top 5.8/10
Bangladesh 10 projects · top 6.8/10
Australia 10 projects · top 6/10
Malawi 9 projects · top 6.4/10
Mozambique 9 projects · top 5.8/10
Gujarat 9 projects · top 3.4/10
Tanzania 8 projects · top 6.2/10
United Kingdom 8 projects · top 5.9/10
Chile 8 projects · top 5.4/10
Finland 8 projects · top 4.4/10
Rajasthan India 8 projects · top 4.1/10
Sri Lanka 7 projects · top 6.2/10
Philippines 7 projects · top 5.8/10
Zambia 7 projects · top 5.8/10
Kullu Himachal Pradesh India 7 projects · top 4.2/10
Tamil Nadu 7 projects · top 3.7/10
Romania 6 projects · top 5.7/10
Argentina 6 projects · top 5.7/10
France 6 projects · top 5.4/10
Chamba Himachal Pradesh India 6 projects · top 4.2/10
Pakistan 5 projects · top 7.2/10
Ghana 5 projects · top 5.8/10
Namibia 5 projects · top 5.8/10
Sweden 5 projects · top 5.8/10
Guatemala 5 projects · top 5.4/10
Germany 5 projects · top 5.3/10
Bolivia 5 projects · top 4.9/10
Norway 5 projects · top 4.8/10

By standard

How projects rank within Verra, Gold Standard, CDM and the other registries.

Verra (VCS) 628 projects · top 7.7/10
Gold Standard (GS) 424 projects · top 7.2/10
Universal Carbon Registry (UCR) 421 projects · top 4.7/10
CDM (UNFCCC) 209 projects · top 6.9/10
Puro.earth (PUR) 109 projects · top 6.4/10
American Carbon Registry (ACR) 45 projects · top 6.5/10
Climate Action Reserve (CAR) 32 projects · top 6.7/10
Intl. Carbon Registry (ICR) 32 projects · top 4.6/10
IREC 14 projects · top 5.8/10
CerCarbono (CC) 10 projects · top 5.8/10
Carbonmark (CMARK) 5 projects · top 5.1/10

By methodology

Head-to-head rankings within each registry methodology (ACM0002, AMS-I.D, VM0042…).

AMS-I.D 416 projects · top 6.9/10
ACM0002 383 projects · top 7.2/10
AMS-III.D 61 projects · top 7.4/10
ACM0001 53 projects · top 7.7/10
ACM0006 53 projects · top 6.7/10
AMS-II.G 46 projects · top 6.3/10
AMS-I.C 41 projects · top 7/10
VMR0006 38 projects · top 6.8/10
AMS-I.F 26 projects · top 7.2/10
AR-ACM0003 26 projects · top 6.7/10
AMS-I.E 26 projects · top 6.5/10
AMS-II.I 23 projects · top 5.7/10
AMS-III.H 22 projects · top 6.4/10
ACM0010 17 projects · top 7.5/10
ACM0004 17 projects · top 6.5/10
ACM0008 16 projects · top 7.6/10
ACM0012 15 projects · top 6.1/10
AMS-III.F 12 projects · top 7.6/10
VM0007 12 projects · top 6.1/10
AM0073 11 projects · top 6/10
VM0015 10 projects · top 6.5/10
VM0010 9 projects · top 6.7/10
AMS-III.G 9 projects · top 6.2/10
AMS-III.C 8 projects · top 6.9/10
VM0038 8 projects · top 6.8/10
AM0029 8 projects · top 6.6/10
AMS-III.Z 8 projects · top 5.8/10
VM0042 7 projects · top 5/10
VM0050 6 projects · top 6.7/10
ACM0022 6 projects · top 5.2/10
ACM0018 5 projects · top 5.9/10