Low Emissions Analysis Platform (LEAP): applications and challenges in addressing climate change

doi:10.12006/j.issn.1673-1719.2024.145

Abstract

Abstract:

Responding to global climate change, selecting appropriate transition technologies and pathways based on regional development differences is crucial for advancing high-quality development through coordinated pollution reduction and carbon mitigation efforts. The Low Emissions Analysis Platform (LEAP), which is constructed in a bottom-up manner, is widely used for assessing energy transition pathways and supporting coordinated pollution reduction and carbon mitigation goals due to its high flexibility, detailed technical capabilities, and features such as energy system modeling, optimization, and scenario analysis. This paper systematically analyzes the structure and function of LEAP, compares and analyzes the application of LEAP in evaluating the energy consumption levels, emission reduction costs, and environmental impact of different transformation paths and emission reduction policies in different fields since 2017. In the context of climate change, LEAP should enhance its functional expansion on key issues such as water resources, land use, and health effects. It should also address challenges related to urban-level transitions, new economic pillar sectors, and carbon reduction. This will promote the best balance between pollution and carbon reduction synergy and economic development in various regions, thereby promoting the formulation and implementation of more effective climate policies and action plans.

Key words: Addressing climate change, Energy transformation, Low Emissions Analysis Platform (LEAP), Synergies for reducing pollution and carbon, High-quality development

WU Pei-Ze, CHEN Sha, LIU Ying-Ying, LI Xiao-Tong, DU Zhan-Xia, CUI Shu-Fen, JIANG Ke-Jun. Low Emissions Analysis Platform (LEAP): applications and challenges in addressing climate change[J]. Climate Change Research, 2024, 20(5): 611-623.

Figures/Tables 5

Table 1 Common energy-environment-economy coordinated models

Fig. 1 LEAP research hotspot knowledge graph in 2017-2023

Fig. 2 Development map of Low Emission Analysis Platform (LEAP)

Fig. 3 Model structure and function based on LEAP [14-15]

Fig. 4 The application status of model in the literature from 2017 to 2023. (The year refers to the time when the relevant literature was published, the size of the circle refers to the number of studies published; the large circle represents the total number of publications for a given year, while the small circle indicates the number of applications of a specific model for that year)

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