Categories

• Carbon Mitigation: Project focuses on reduction or avoidance of CO2e
• Climate Adaptation: Project is helping people adapt to the impacts of climate change
• Protection & Conservation: Project is about land- and ocean-based interventions to conserve biodiversity and ecosystems, at scales from global to local communities and Indigenous peoples.

Prizes

• Each Geo for Good Impact Awardee will receive the following to recognize their achievement:
  • Digital Award Certificate
  • Public mention on select Google Earth channels (e.g. Website/Youtube/Twitter)
  • Digital Badge

Eligibility Criteria

• To be eligible for a Geo for Good Impact Award, your project must:
  • Be completed or on-going and have produced tangible impacts
  • Focus on Carbon Mitigation, Climate Adaptation or Nature Conservation themes
  • Use at least 1 Google mapping tool (Google Earth, Google Earth Engine, My Maps, Maps Platform API)
• Individuals can nominate a project on their organization’s behalf if:
  • Individual is employed by organization or Individual has secured explicit permissions to nominate the organization
  • Organization is a legally registered entity (doesn’t matter if it is a non-profit, commercial or government entity)
  • Organization is not located or carrying out activities in US Sanctioned and Embargoed Countries (Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria, Sudan, and Crimea)