Build a resilient, sustainable future for your city or region
Empowering thousands of cities and regions with actionable data and insights to reduce global emissions.
Access Google’s mapping data and ML capabilities
Environmental Insights Explorer (EIE) is a freely available data and insights tool that uses exclusive data sources and modeling capabilities to help cities and regions measure emissions sources, run analyses, and identify strategies to reduce emissions — creating a foundation for effective action.
With EIE, changemakers around the world can continue to make their communities more sustainable, resilient, and adaptive to climate change.
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Core Insights
Building Emissions
Estimated emissions from heating, cooling, and powering residential and non-residential buildings, based on Google Maps data.
Transportation Emissions
Estimated emissions of all trips that start or end within city boundaries based on aggregated, anonymized Location History data.
Rooftop Solar Potential
Estimated solar energy production potential of buildings based on total sunshine exposure, weather patterns, and roof dimensions.
Tree Canopy
Estimated tree canopy coverage across city regions, based on aerial imagery and machine learning algorithms.
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Air Quality
Currently available in Hamburg, Dublin, Copenhagen, Amsterdam, London, and Bengaluru: hyperlocal, street-by-street air quality data from mapping street-level air pollution with mobile air sensors.
Case studies
Los Angeles, California
The City of Los Angeles is leveraging EIE's Tree canopy Tool to bring the power of trees to families and households across Los Angeles, adding greenery to public spaces and bringing cooler temperatures to its neighborhoods.
Australia
More than 100 Australian councils are using EIE transportation data through the Ironbark Sustainability and Beyond Zero Emissions' Snapshot, a tool which calculates major sources of carbon emissions, transport, waste, agriculture, and land-use change.
Houston, Texas
Houston used EIE solar data for a city-wide solar technical assessment to design a proposed 5M MwH target plan as part of its climate action plan—improving access to energy sources, reducing costs for residents, and creating jobs.
Hartford, Connecticut
Hartford recently updated its GHG emissions inventory with EIE data to establish the city’s climate action plan, in partnership with local volunteers and city staff. Local volunteers are also helping to calculate the city's baseline emissions.
Mexico City, Mexico
Iniciativa Climática de México is working with city officials to evaluate Mexico City’s building emissions and the potential to generate 4MW of renewable energy from rooftop solar, using data from EIE, and support from Google.org and ICLEI.
Copenhagen, Denmark
EIE's air quality insights show the block-by-block concentration of black carbon and ultrafine particle pollution, which the City of Copenhagen is using to prioritize actions to secure a clean and healthy future for its citizens.
Put Google data to work
Strengthen policy planning with EIE data. Now available for thousands of cities and regions worldwide.
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Get a first look at new insights and functionality to assist with comprehensive climate policy development and program implementation.
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C40 Cities
C40 is a network of nearly 100 world-leading cities collaborating to deliver the urgent action needed right now to confront the climate crisis. Mayors of C40 cities are committed to using an inclusive, science-based, and people-focused approach to help the world limit global heating to 1.5°C and build healthy, equitable, and resilient communities.
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Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy
The Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy is an international alliance of cities and local governments with a shared long-term vision of promoting and supporting voluntary action to combat climate change and move to a low emission, resilient society.
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ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability (USA)
ICLEI is the first and largest global network of local and regional governments devoted to solving the world’s most intractable sustainability challenges. ICLEI USA's standards, tools, and programs credibly, transparently, and robustly reduce greenhouse gas emissions, improve lives and livelihoods and protect natural resources in the U.S. communities we serve. Through a data-driven approach and focus on just and equitable communities, ICLEI USA and our network partners are working to keep 1.5C alive.
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ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability (Europe)
ICLEI Europe works closely with an extended network of local and regional governments and partners in Europe, the Middle East and West Asia to step up local action for low emission, nature-based, equitable, resilient and circular development. It provides its members with a voice on the European and international stage, a platform to connect with peers and tools to drive positive environmental, economic and social change.
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Ironbark Sustainability
Ironbark Sustainability is a specialist local government consultancy that works with councils and their communities around Australia by assisting them to achieve real action on climate change through strategy development, sustainable asset and data management, and on-the-ground implementation.
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Beyond Zero Emissions
Beyond Zero Emissions (BZE) is an internationally recognized think tank, providing independent and innovative research solutions that demonstrate a zero emissions Australia is achievable and affordable now.
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Dunsky Energy + Climate Advisors
Dunsky supports leading governments, utilities and others across North America to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and accelerate the clean energy transition, effectively and responsibly. Dunsky works across the buildings, renewable energy and clean mobility sectors to help clients assess opportunities, design strategies and evaluate performance.
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Climate Alliance
With nearly 2,000 members spread across more than 25 European countries, Climate Alliance is the largest European city network dedicated to fair and comprehensive climate action. In answering how climate protection and adaptation should be practised in our cities and towns, Climate Alliance pairs local action with global responsibility.
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