How carbon projects work
Each project type earns credits in its own way and carries its own risks. Start with the type you are looking at, then check the questions under each one before relying on its credits.
Improved Cookstoves
Clean cooking projects replace open fires with stoves that burn less fuel, cutting the wood or charcoal used in millions of homes.
Read more →Afforestation, Reforestation and Revegetation
Planting or restoring trees on land that was not recently forested. Carbon is stored in growing trees and soils for decades.
Read more →REDD+ Forest Protection Projects
Forest protection projects that earn credits for avoiding deforestation compared with a reference level.
Read more →Blue Carbon: Mangroves, Seagrass and Saltmarsh
Coastal and marine ecosystems store carbon in their soils at high density, and their restoration can generate credits.
Read more →Soil Carbon and Regenerative Agriculture
Farming practices such as cover cropping, reduced tillage and improved grazing can store carbon in agricultural soils.
Read more →Renewable Energy Projects
Wind, solar and other renewable projects that displace fossil fuel generation. Their credits face a stronger additionality test than most.
Read more →Methane Capture Projects
Projects that capture methane from landfills, livestock manure and industrial sources. Methane is a far more potent greenhouse gas than CO₂.
Read more →Biochar and Engineered Carbon Removal
Technologies that remove CO₂ and store it for hundreds to thousands of years, including biochar, direct air capture and enhanced weathering.
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