Government-administrated carbon crediting mechanisms

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This dataset shows regional, national and subnational carbon crediting mechanisms issued carbon credits that can be used under mandatory carbon pricing initiatives.

Note: Crediting mechanisms are considered implemented if they have issued credits (or have frameworks in place to allow credits to be used domestically, such as in South Africa). Crediting mechanisms are considered to be under development if a framework is in place, but the carbon credit system is not yet operational.

Due to the dynamic approach to continuously improve data quality, changes to the map do not only reflect new developments, but also corrections following new information from official government sources.

The world map excludes data from international (CDM and JI, as indicated by the UNFCCC logo) and independent (ACR, CAR, Gold Standard, VCR) crediting mechanisms. Data from these crediting mechanisms can be viewed by using the table tap. International crediting mechanisms are those governed by international climate treaties and are usually administered by international institutions. Independent crediting mechanisms are mechanisms not governed by any national regulation or international treaties. They are administered by private and independent third-party organizations, which are often nongovernmental organizations.

Dataset Identifier

government-administrated-carbon-crediting-mechanisms

Downloads

84

Themes

Climate

Keywords

Carbon pricing, Carbon credits, Environmental policies, Carbon market

License

CC BY-4.0

Modified

14 July 2025 10:51

Publisher

The World Bank

Reference

https://carbonpricingdashboard.worldbank.org/about#download-data

Attributions

https://www.worldbank.org/en/about/legal/terms-of-use-for-datasets, World Bank

Last checked date

14 July 2025

Country

World

ISO region

WORLD

Source copyrights

https://www.worldbank.org/en/about/legal/terms-of-use-for-datasets

Data classification

Public

Related datasets

https://datasource.kapsarc.org/explore/dataset/issuance-volumes-by-sector-and-type-of-mechanism, https://datasource.kapsarc.org/explore/dataset/annual-volume-of-issuances-by-crediting-mechanism

Discontinued Data

No

Publisher Periodicity

Annually

Expected next release

13 July 2026

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Last processing

14 July 2025 10:51 (metadata)

14 July 2025 10:49 (data)

DCAT

Accrual periodicity

Annually

Semantic Metadata

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Dataset schema

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Mechanism

No description available for this field.

Name (identifier)	mechanism
Type	text
Sample

Administration

No description available for this field.

Name (identifier)	administration
Type	text
Sample

Status

No description available for this field.

Name (identifier)	status
Type	text
Sample

Year of Implementation

No description available for this field.

Name (identifier)	year_of_implementation
Type	date
Sample

Scope

No description available for this field.

Name (identifier)	scope
Type	text
Sample

Administering Jurisdiction or organisation

No description available for this field.

Name (identifier)	administering_jurisdiction_or_organisation
Type	text
Sample

Description of the mechanism

No description available for this field.

Name (identifier)	description_of_the_mechanism
Type	text
Sample

Recent developments

No description available for this field.

Name (identifier)	recent_developments
Type	text
Sample

Region

No description available for this field.

Name (identifier)	region
Type	text
Sample

Income Group of Administering Country

No description available for this field.

Name (identifier)	income_group_of_administering_country
Type	text
Sample

Credit name

No description available for this field.

Name (identifier)	credit_name
Type	text
Sample

Price (Range)

No description available for this field.

Name (identifier)	price_range
Type	text
Sample

Countries with project (ISO3 codes)

No description available for this field.

Name (identifier)	countries_with_project_iso3_codes
Type	text
Sample

Agriculture

No description available for this field.

Name (identifier)	agriculture
Type	text
Sample

CCS / CCU

No description available for this field.

Name (identifier)	ccs_ccu
Type	text
Sample

Energy Efficiency / Fuel Switching

No description available for this field.

Name (identifier)	energy_efficiency_fuel_switching
Type	text
Sample

Forestry / Land Use

No description available for this field.

Name (identifier)	forestry_land_use
Type	text
Sample

Fugitive Emissions

No description available for this field.

Name (identifier)	fugitive_emissions
Type	text
Sample

Industrial Gases/Manufacturing

No description available for this field.

Name (identifier)	industrial_gases_manufacturing
Type	text
Sample

Renewable Energy

No description available for this field.

Name (identifier)	renewable_energy
Type	text
Sample

Transport

No description available for this field.

Name (identifier)	transport
Type	text
Sample

Waste

No description available for this field.

Name (identifier)	waste
Type	text
Sample

Compliance CPIs accepting credits generated through mechanism

No description available for this field.

Name (identifier)	compliance_cpis_accepting_credits_generated_through_mechanism
Type	text
Sample

Cumulative credits issued (in kt) until 31.12.2024

No description available for this field.

Name (identifier)	cumulative_credits_issued_in_kt_until_31_12_2024
Type	decimal
Sample

Cumulative credits retired (in kt) until 31.12.2024

No description available for this field.

Name (identifier)	cumulative_credits_retired_in_kt_until_31_12_2024
Type	decimal
Sample

Cumulative credits cancelled for administrative purposes (in kt) until 31.12.2024

No description available for this field.

Name (identifier)	cumulative_credits_cancelled_for_administrative_purposes_in_kt_until_31_12_2024
Type	decimal
Sample

Cumulative Projects Registered until 31.12.2024

No description available for this field.

Name (identifier)	cumulative_projects_registered_until_31_12_2024
Type	decimal
Sample

JSON Schema

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