World Bank’s Carbon Assets Tracking System connects to the Climate Action Data Trust

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World Bank’s Carbon Assets Tracking System connects to the Climate Action Data Trust

• Connection of World Bank registry tracking 132M tCO2 emissions reductions from forestry, sustainable agriculture and energy funds
• Full dataset of projects and units already available on the CAD Trust database and Data Dashboard

SINGAPORE, 19 December 2025 — The Climate Action Data Trust (CAD Trust) is excited to announce the integration of the WB Carbon Assets Tracking System (CATS).

CATS is the 12^th registry to share their data with CAD Trust, contributing to the estimated coverage of around 90% of all global credit issuances to date. Users of the CAD Trust Data Dashboard and API can access data on all projects issued on the CATS.

Launched in May 2021, CATS is an Emission Reduction (ER) transaction registry, designed and implemented to support the issuance and transactions of Emission Reduction Units (ERUs) generated under the World Bank’s results-based climate finance programs. Currently, CATS hosts crediting programs for the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF), the BioCarbon Fund Initiative for Sustainable Forest Landscapes (ISFL), the Transformative Carbon Asset Facility (TCAF) and the Standardized Crediting Framework (SCF).

As of December 2025, CATS hosts 21 crediting programs and has issued and transacted a cumulative total of 132 million ERUs. These credits originate primarily from the FCPF Carbon Fund, dedicated to advancing sustainable climate finance under REDD+ programs.

Earlier in 2025, the World Bank launched CATS 2.0, improving the system’s functionality and aligning with international compliance frameworks such as Article 6 of the Paris Agreement and ICAO-CORSIA.

Some programs tracked in the CATS system allow for credit transition or reissuance into independent crediting program registries like ART TREES or Verra to improve access to buyers and ease of transactions over the coming several years. The CAD Trust connection will help transparently track these transfers, increasing trust and guarding against double-counting risk.

Federico Di Credico, Interim CEO, CAD Trust, said: “We are delighted to welcome the World Bank CATS to CAD Trust. The funds have helped multiple countries pioneer their approaches to nature-based emissions reductions and are an important source of climate finance. We are proud to help improve broad access to information on these key programs and strengthen the foundation for harmonised, trusted data and transparent accounting across markets.”

The World Bank CATS have connected to CAD Trust using the v1.96 version of the data model, but will be migrating to v2.0 over the coming months.

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About CAD Trust:

Climate Action Data Trust (CAD Trust) is a public metadata platform that links, aggregates and harmonises all major carbon registry data to enhance access to information and support transparent accounting in line with Article 6 of the Paris Agreement. The CAD Trust open-source metadata system uses blockchain technology to create a decentralised record of carbon market activity with the aim to avoid double-counting, increase trust in carbon credit data and build confidence in carbon markets.