LEARN, the interactive web mapping tool, was developed to help communities in the United States estimate the local greenhouse gas  impacts of their forests and trees. It 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 ClearPath 2.0.

The calculator does not provide estimates that can be used for selling carbon credits, nor does it provide a methodology to estimate the GHG impacts of specific mitigation activities. The estimates reflect direct GHGs only, and do not measure the indirect or non-GHG benefits (or land-use trade-offs) associated with local changes in forest and tree cover.

This webmap provides...

emissions from land use change

carbon removals from forests outside of trees

data for all U.S. counties, with opportunity to provide a shapefile for more granular data

Need some assistance?

ICLEI USA can help you use the LEARN Tool, understand outcomes and incorporate them into ClearPath 2.0. To access this support, reach out to your member advisor.