Land Emissions and Removals Navigator (LEARN) Tool

Land Emissions and Removals Navigator (LEARN) Tool is a free to use online tool which estimates the local greenhouse gas (GHG) impacts of forests and trees for communities in the United States. LEARN combines methods outlined in the ICLEI Greenhouse Gas Protocol’s Appendix J with national data sources to derive a first-order approximation of annual GHG impacts over a given time period. Results can be saved as a report and entered into ICLEI’s ClearPath GHG reporting tool. With relatively simple input, users can get a general understanding of annual emissions and removals from forest and trees outside of forests (urban forests) for their community. With additional inputs like custom GIS layers, LiDAR or tree canopy data, users can get finer resolution data specific to their community. The tool provides a report and tables to utilize in ClearPath, Public documents, and Climate/Sustainability Plans.