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LEAP, the Low Emissions Analysis Platform, is a powerful and versatile software system for integrated energy, climate change mitigation and air pollution abatement planning. Developed at SEI US, LEAP continues to evolve and improve to meet the needs of its many users.
LEAP is a transparent and user-friendly tool for energy, climate mitigation and air pollution planning that has been adopted by thousands of organizations in more than 190 countries worldwide, including government agencies, academic organizations, NGOs, consulting companies and energy utilities. It can be used at a wide range of scales, from cities and states to national, regional and even global applications. At least 60 countries used LEAP to help develop their Nationally Determined Contributions submitted to the UNFCCC, and LEAP is rapidly becoming the de facto standard for countries undertaking integrated resource planning and greenhouse gas mitigation assessments, especially in the developing world.
LEAP and its associated training materials and documentation are available free of charge to qualified academic, governmental and nonprofit organizations based in the low-income and lower-middle-income countries, and is substantially discounted for these group in upper-middle-income countries. It is also available for free to students worldwide. Consulting companies, utilities and other businesses can access LEAP through our standard affordable licensing arrangements.
LEAP is distributed and supported by SEI through the LEAP website, which has more than 68 000 members worldwide. Along with developing and supporting LEAP, SEI also develops LEAP-based scenario studies, helping policymakers and planners explore their options to meet future energy needs, mitigate climate change, and shift to a low-carbon development pathway.
Feature / A wide slate of new features makes LEAP easier to use and more comprehensive than ever for energy modelling, policymaking and research.
Tool / The Next Energy Modeling system for Optimization (NEMO) is a high-performance, open-source optimization tool designed to answer energy policy questions.
Initiative / This initiative enables integrated national planning for Nationally Determined Contributions and Sustainable Development Goals.
Event on 09 September – 13 July in Kuala Lumpur / Jenniffer Pedraza will present her work developing emissions scenarios in Latin America and the Caribbean at this global atmospheric chemistry conference.
Feature / Jason Veysey explains how SEI and Morocco created the country's ambitious, long-term, low-emissions development plan, highlighting lessons for other countries.
Feature / SEI and the the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) signed a Memorandum of Understanding formalizing a working collaboration on energy issues.
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