New Carbon Impacts Tracer tool measures climate damage from coal mines

Scientists introduced the Carbon Impacts Tracer open-source tool, designed to establish direct causal links between individual fossil fuel projects and environmental damage.

The tool calculates extra global warming using cumulative emissions metrics, linking carbon output to specific impacts across eight categories including heatwave mortality and glacier melt.

The methodology enables communities and insurers to quantify exact regional climate harms and legal responsibilities associated with proposed coal and gas developments.