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A) Googlers for climate meet Lisa Arendt

B) Googlers for climate meet Lisa Arendt

Based in Zürich, Lisa is Product Partnerships Manager for Maps. She helps partners to integrate their charging station locations into Google Maps. Which makes recharging as seamless as possible for e-drivers.

And by seamless, she means that charging should be as easy. Safe and reliable as it is with petrol- or diesel-powered cars.

She grew up in a small village near Schwerin, where she still goes to unwind. “There were no buses there. Just one empty street and maybe 20 houses. It’s the kind of place where you had to make do with a bicycle,” she says.

Googlers for climate meet Lisa Arendt

She doesn’t even own a car. “In Zürich. You just don’t need one.” But today, she owns three bicycles:. “A mountain bike for taking a spin in the countryside. A fast racing bike and an old city bike that I won’t miss if it gets stolen”. She says. Laughing.

Lisa is always looking for the best way to get around not just in her free time. But also at work.

The first big step was to display charging stations on Google Maps. Making it easier for drivers to find the nearest charging station. The next step is smart route planning, which Volvo. For example. Has already integrated into its vehicles.

We want to make charging electric cars as easy. And reliable as possible

Travel has become a recurring theme in Lisa’s life. On her journeys around the world. She always enjoyed finding her own routes. And choosing the best options. But she says there was always a bigger question on her mind: How can we improve mobility?. Not just for individuals, but for everyone.

Googlers for climate meet Lisa Arendt

Four years ago. Lisa took inspiration from the climate strikes organized by Greta Thunberg, and realized it was time to act. “The next generation is clearly telling us what they want from us. And they want it now.” This growing movement changed the way people look at electric vehicles.

At the same time, Google Maps created a new global division with a whole range of experts and introduced the first electric vehicle (EV) feature on their maps. In 2020. The first fully integrated solution was created in collaboration with Polestar. And Volvo. Which developed an electric car with Google Assistant. Maps and Play built into its system.

Several major car manufacturers are now collaborating with Google to offer all-in-one solutions like this.

We’re changing, so the planet can remain the same

More and more drivers are now benefiting from the work that Lisa and her team are doing. According to the latest Global Electrical Vehicle Outlook report. In 2021 nearly 10% of global car sales were electric. Which is four times the market share in 2019. This brought the total number of electric cars on the world’s roads to about 16.5 million, triple the amount in 2018. Sales in Europe showed robust growth (up 65% to 2.3 million) after the 2020 boom. And at the same time. More and more car-sharing providers and public transport companies are investing in e-mobility or planning to transition in the near future.

Discussions are already taking place to see how Google. And Lisa’s team can support them along the way. Lisa’s number-one priority for the future is to expand the project globally. She and her team have already come a long way by creating a practical online atlas for electric vehicle charging stations. Yet there are countless other ways to make mobility more sustainable in the future.

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Googlers for climate meet Lisa Arendt

But today, she owns three bicycles:.

She grew up in a small village near Schwerin, where she still goes to unwind.

But she says there was always a bigger question on her mind: How can we improve mobility?. Not just for individuals, but for everyone.

We’re changing, so the planet can remain the same

At the same time, Google Maps created a new global division with a whole range of experts and introduced the first electric vehicle (EV) feature on their maps.

But today, she owns three bicycles:.

She grew up in a small village near Schwerin, where she still goes to unwind.

But she says there was always a bigger question on her mind: How can we improve mobility?. Not just for individuals, but for everyone.

We’re changing, so the planet can remain the same

At the same time, Google Maps created a new global division with a whole range of experts and introduced the first electric vehicle (EV) feature on their maps.

bWe’re changing, so the planet can remain the same

But today, she owns three bicycles:.

She grew up in a small village near Schwerin, where she still goes to unwind.

But she says there was always a bigger question on her mind: How can we improve mobility?. Not just for individuals, but for everyone.

We’re changing, so the planet can remain the same

At the same time, Google Maps created a new global division with a whole range of experts and introduced the first electric vehicle (EV) feature on their maps.

But today, she owns three bicycles:.

She grew up in a small village near Schwerin, where she still goes to unwind.

But she says there was always a bigger question on her mind: How can we improve mobility?. Not just for individuals, but for everyone.

We’re changing, so the planet can remain the same

At the same time, Google Maps created a new global division with a whole range of experts and introduced the first electric vehicle (EV) feature on their maps.

A) Cities where climate action can have the most impact.

B) Cities where climate action can have the most impact.

C) Cities bring people and ideas together. They increase living standards, spur innovation. Increase opportunity, and encourage collaboration. Cities can also be the most environmentally sustainable way for people to inhabit our planet. If we can address the reality that cities are currently responsible for 70 percent of the world’s CO₂ emissions. While this may seem like an insurmountable challenge. It’s actually a tremendous opportunity. Cities can become centers of climate action. And lead the world in driving economic recovery and resilience.

As part of Google’s most ambitious decade of climate action. We’re making a commitment to help more than 500 cities and local governments reduce an aggregate of 1 gigaton (that’s one billion tons) of carbon emissions per year by 2030 and beyond.

To do this, we’ll empower city planners and policymakers with the Environmental Insights Explorer (EIE). A platform we developed by analyzing Google’s comprehensive global mapping data together with standard greenhouse gas (GHG) emission factors. Today, we’re expanding access to EIE. Going from 122 cities with access to more than 3,000 cities worldwide—a 25-fold increase. We’re also partnering with leading organizations. Like ICLEI and Ironbark Sustainability. To support local climate action planning.

Request EIE data access for your city and learn more about Google’s other city climate action.

Turning climate insights into action

For cities to make a meaningful impact in reducing their carbon emissions tomorrow. They need to know where they stand today.

Yet according to the Global Covenant of Mayors. An international alliance of nearly 10,000 cities and local governments committed to fighting climate change. Less than 20 percent of cities are able to execute on their commitments to climate action due to a lack of time. Resources and data. And with COVID-19 leaving many localities with reduced budgets and limited resources. It’s even harder to build out a baseline emissions inventory or a robust climate plan.

With Environmental Insights Explorer, cities can leapfrog the constraints associated with lengthy climate studies. Cities can use EIE’s anonymized. Aggregated mapping data and emissions insights to easily estimate the carbon footprint of their buildings. And transportation activities. As well as discover their solar energy potential. Information that once required complicated onsite measurements and months to compile can now be assessed virtually. Helping cities dedicate their energies toward action.

Cultivating partnerships with climate action leaders and cities worldwide

When it comes to climate change, we all need to work together. Nonprofits, businesses, universities and other leaders play an important role in testing new ideas and partnering with cities to implement the ones that work.

We’ve collaborated with partners to scale data access. Leading organizations like Local Governments for Sustainability (ICLEI ) and Ironbark Sustainability are integrating EIE data into their own tools. Helping digitize emissions measurement and planning. With EIE data, Ironbark Sustainability is automating how they provide greenhouse gas emission information to local government councils across Australia so decision-makers can target their climate action activities.

With the Insights Workspace dashboard in EIE, cities can review and evaluate emissions data. Data for more than 3,000 cities is freely available by registering for access at http://goo.gle/eie.

To help spark even more data-driven climate action, last year Google.org committed $4 million in funding to ICLEI Local Governments for Sustainability to create the ICLEI Action Fund. The fund awards projects from local organizations in Europe. Mexico and South America focused on using environmental datasets to reduce citywide emissions.

Today, ICLEI is announcing the first two selected projects.

In Hamburg. HafenCity University is creating a tool to help the city identify spaces and districts that can be used as urban testbeds for prototyping sustainable mobility, building efficiency. And solar energy development projects. In Monterrey. Mexico. Instituto Tecnológico de Monterrey received a grant to refine and amplify EIE data to help municipalities in the Monterrey region develop climate action plans. They’ll also use the data to run a model of traffic patterns in Monterrey to assess the electrification of a fleet of buses and how to optimize transit routes.

Cities where climate action can have the most impact

Supporting economic recovery and resilience with climate action

Efforts to combat climate change are both essential and a once-in-a-generation moment to create impactful jobs and modernize infrastructure. As communities are working to combat. And recover from. A global pandemic. Reducing carbon emissions can and should support that recovery.

Already, cities and local governments across the world are using EIE to set bold climate action plans and support economic development:.

NoneIn Florida, the City of Orlando developed a climate action plan using EIE data, and forecasted the ability to add more than 11,000 new jobs between 2020 and 2040

The opportunity in front of us all

We’ve always viewed challenges as opportunities to be helpful and make things better for everyone. To build a better future and protect our planet. We’ll continue focused efforts that help our partners take climate action and strengthen investments in technologies to make a carbon free world a reality

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Cities can also be the most environmentally sustainable way for people to inhabit our planet.

While this may seem like an insurmountable challenge.

We’re making a commitment to help more than 500 cities and local governments reduce an aggregate of 1 gigaton (that’s one billion tons) of carbon emissions per year by 2030 and beyond.

Cities can also be the most environmentally sustainable way for people to inhabit our planet.

While this may seem like an insurmountable challenge.

We’re making a commitment to help more than 500 cities and local governments reduce an aggregate of 1 gigaton (that’s one billion tons) of carbon emissions per year by 2030 and beyond.

Cities can also be the most environmentally sustainable way for people to inhabit our planet.

While this may seem like an insurmountable challenge.

We’re making a commitment to help more than 500 cities and local governments reduce an aggregate of 1 gigaton (that’s one billion tons) of carbon emissions per year by 2030 and beyond.

A platform we developed by analyzing Google’s comprehensive global mapping data together with standard greenhouse gas (GHG) emission factors.

Going from 122 cities with access to more than 3,000 cities worldwide—a 25-fold increase. We’re also partnering with leading organizations.

With EIE data, Ironbark Sustainability is automating how they provide greenhouse gas emission information to local government councils across Australia so decision-makers can target their climate action activities.

Efforts to combat climate change are both essential and a once-in-a-generation moment to create impactful jobs and modernize infrastructure.