Extraction-Based Environmental Loadings

The document describes an optional methodology in LEAP for allocating emissions to the area producing the resource rather than where it is combusted. This approach helps analyze a country's dependence on fossil fuel production and its vulnerability to a global low-carbon transition. Users can specify emission factors via the Resources\Primary branches, using manual entries, mathematical formulae, or links to the Technology and Environmental Database (TED).

• LEAP's standard environmental loading calculations follow the territorial approach used for UNFCCC reporting and IPCC guidelines, where emissions are accounted for based on the location of combustion. In contrast, extraction-based environmental loadings allocate emissions to the area producing the emissions.
• Comparing territorial and extraction-based loadings serves as a technique to illustrate a country's or economy's dependence on fossil fuel production and its potential vulnerability during a global transition toward low carbon economies.
• Extraction-based loadings are configured in the LEAP tree under Resources\Primary branches using emission factors. These factors can be manual entries, mathematical formulae (such as those based on sulfur or carbon content), or linked from the Technology and Environmental Database (TED).

APA

Stockholm Environment Institute (n.d.). Extraction-Based Environmental Loadings. https://cdn.leap.sei.org/Help24/Effects/Extraction-Based_Environmental_Loadings.htm

Chicago

Stockholm Environment Institute. Extraction-Based Environmental Loadings. n.d. https://cdn.leap.sei.org/Help24/Effects/Extraction-Based_Environmental_Loadings.htm.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{stockholmenvironmentinstitutendextractionbased, author = {{Stockholm Environment Institute}}, title = {{Extraction-Based Environmental Loadings}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, url = {https://cdn.leap.sei.org/Help24/Effects/Extraction-Based_Environmental_Loadings.htm}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }