Development of the Low Emissions Analysis Platform – Integrated Benefits Calculator (LEAP-IBC) tool to assess air quality and climate co-benefits: Application for Bangladesh | SEI

This research paper describes the Low Emissions Analysis Platform – Integrated Benefits Calculator (LEAP-IBC), a modelling framework designed to help low- and middle-income countries quantify the simultaneous impacts of policies on air quality, human health, and climate change. The tool was applied to Bangladesh to evaluate the combined effects of its Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) and National Action Plan to reduce short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs).

• The LEAP-IBC modelling framework estimates emissions of greenhouse gases, short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs), and air pollutants to quantify population-weighted annual average ambient PM2.5 concentrations, household PM2.5 exposure, and radiative forcing, which are then used to estimate premature mortality and changes in global average temperature.
• Application of the LEAP-IBC tool to Bangladesh indicates that full implementation of the country's National SLCP Plan and Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) by 2030, compared to a baseline scenario, would result in emission reductions of 25% for carbon dioxide, 34% for methane, 46% for black carbon, and 45% for primary PM2.5.
• The implementation of Bangladesh's NDC and National SLCP Plan is projected to reduce population-weighted ambient PM2.5 concentrations by 18% in 2030, avoiding approximately 100,000 premature deaths from household PM2.5 exposure and 12,000 premature deaths from ambient PM2.5 exposure in the same year.

APA

Stockholm Environment Institute (2020). Development of the Low Emissions Analysis Platform – Integrated Benefits Calculator (LEAP-IBC) tool to assess air quality and climate co-benefits: Application for Bangladesh | SEI. https://www.sei.org/publications/leap-ibc-bangladesh/

Chicago

Stockholm Environment Institute. Development of the Low Emissions Analysis Platform – Integrated Benefits Calculator (LEAP-IBC) tool to assess air quality and climate co-benefits: Application for Bangladesh | SEI. 2020. https://www.sei.org/publications/leap-ibc-bangladesh/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{stockholmenvironmentinstitute2020development, author = {{Stockholm Environment Institute}}, title = {{Development of the Low Emissions Analysis Platform – Integrated Benefits Calculator (LEAP-IBC) tool to assess air quality and climate co-benefits: Application for Bangladesh | SEI}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, year = {2020}, month = oct, url = {https://www.sei.org/publications/leap-ibc-bangladesh/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }