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This factsheet describes the key features of the LEAP-IBC tool. The Long-range Energy Alternatives Planning (LEAP) – Integrated Benefits Calculator (IBC) is an integrated planning tool to help governments jointly assess greenhouse gases, short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs) and other air pollutant emissions; build mitigation scenarios; and understand how emission reductions benefit climate, health and crops.
The Integrated Benefits Calculator (IBC) is a new application of the LEAP system developed by SEI in collaboration with US EPA and Daven Henze at the University of Colorado and with the support of the Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC). LEAP-IBC combines emissions scenarios from LEAP with output from a global atmospheric chemistry transport model and with various exposure-response functions. It then produces national-scale estimates of avoided premature deaths and crop losses. LEAP-IBC also estimates the climate benefits of addressing short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs), adopting air pollution reduction strategies and implementing greenhouse gas mitigation.
Past event / As part of a UN webinar, SEI's Jason Veysey discusses how to maximize synergies between climate mitigation efforts and sustainable development goals.
Journal article / LEAP-IBC is a tool to develop integrated strategies to improve air quality, human health and mitigate climate change.
Journal article / Impact reductions from SLCPs, CO2, and other air pollutants for Nepal are examined under different scenarios.
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