Hi,
As for how to assist with the issue itself, you may want to have a look on How the Application Default Credentials work documentation. As indicated, in case the environment variable GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS is checked and specified, it should point to a file that defines the default credentials. Moreover this documentation provides a guide on how to get this credentials file.
Alternatively, you may solve your error by installing and logging into the Cloud SDK as indicated in the second point of this same section.