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The LEAP-IBC is an integrated planning tool developed by the Stockholm Environment Institute in collaboration with the US EPA and the University of Colorado. It extends the LEAP software by combining emission scenarios with the GEOS-Chem global atmospheric chemistry transport model and exposure-response functions. The tool allows users to characterize national emissions of greenhouse gases and short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs), explore mitigation scenarios, and estimate resulting benefits in terms of avoided premature deaths, reduced crop losses for wheat, rice, maize, and soybean, and changes in global radiative forcing and temperature. While the core LEAP platform is applicable globally, the IBC component is currently available for 71 countries, with 12 countries using it specifically for the Climate and Clean Air Coalition's SNAP Initiative.

The document outlines a method for reducing methane emissions by optimizing the operation and maintenance of turbine compressors to avoid frequent engine starts, which typically vent unignited gas to the atmosphere. A reported case by PECO Energy Company demonstrated a reduction in compressor restarts from 9.4 to 1 per year, saving 132 Mcf of methane annually.