| Challenge Owner(s) |
Temasek Foundation, Eco-Business
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|---|---|
| Organiser(s) |
Temasek Foundation, Eco-Business
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| Industry Type(s) |
Circular Economy & Sustainability, Digital/ICT
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| Opportunities and Support | More than S$2 million in funding |
| Application Start Date | 25 November 2024 |
| Application End Date | 9 February 2025 |
| Website | Click here to learn more |
About Challenge
The Liveability Challenge 2025
Global temperatures are reaching dangerously new highs year after year, with the first half of 2024 witnessing unprecedented heat and the hottest months ever recorded. Achieving our climate targets - set under the Paris Agreement in 2015 - has never been more urgent, as societies and ecosystems face escalating threats from rising heat, extreme weather events and ecological deterioration.
As the rapid rise of greenhouse gas emissions pushes us closer to critical tipping points, the economic costs of inaction are also mounting. We need to take collective action to reach our target of reducing emissions by 43 percent by 2030 and achieving net zero by 2050. This requires coordinated efforts across society - we need enabling regulatory environments, strategic investments and large-scale deployment of innovative technologies.
As Asia's largest sustainability solutions platform, The Liveability Challenge (TLC) returns for the eighth edition in 2025, seeking groundbreaking climate solutions from across the world that push the boundaries of innovation.
| Challenge Owner(s) | Temasek Foundation, Eco-Business |
|---|---|
| Industry Types(s) | Circular Economy & Sustainability, Digital/ICT |
Decarbonisation
We are looking for disruptive deep-tech solutions that provide scalable and impactful solutions to reduce carbon emissions across diverse industries.
Examples of such solutions include, but not limited to: waste-to-resource, renewable energy, and energy efficiency.
The top two solutions from either challenge themes will receive S$1 Million in grant funding.
What We Are Looking For
We are looking for disruptive deep-tech solutions that provide scalable and impactful solutions to reduce carbon emissions across diverse industries.
Examples of such solutions include, but not limited to:
- Waste-to-resource
Effective capture and conversion of key waste streams (e.g., point-source carbon, biomass-based or other waste carbon) into value-added products (e.g., point-source or direct CCUS into consumables such as sustainable aviation fuels, marine fuels, chemicals, higher carbon products, fertilisers, proteins) or permanent carbon removal and storage (e.g., point-source or direct CCUS into stable building materials) - Renewable energy
To generate cost-effective energy from renewable sources (e.g., wind, solar, hydropower), technologies that accelerate the clean energy transition (e.g., green hydrogen, ammonia), as well as solutions that facilitate the long-term storage of energy and address energy intermittency (e.g., batteries and battery energy storage systems). - Energy efficiency
Significantly reduce energy consumption and carbon emissions produced by built environment systems (e.g., building cooling systems) as well as hard-to-abate industries (e.g., manufacturing - food & agriculture, cement, steel, aviation, marine, logistics, healthcare).
Additionally solutions should be:
- Carbon negative in the overall lifecycle and have zero/minimal externalities
- Technology-based (e.g., physical, chemical); or nature-based solutions (e.g., community models)
- Commercially viable and scalable
- Able to conduct the pilot in Singapore (for technology-based solutions) or within Southeast Asia (for nature-based solutions)
The top two solutions will win S$1 Million each in grant funding.
| Challenge Owner(s) | Eco-Business, Temasek Foundation |
|---|---|
| Industry Types(s) | Circular Economy & Sustainability, Digital/ICT |
Cool Earth
We are seeking groundbreaking innovations that specifically address the challenges posed by climate-induced extreme weather conditions.
Examples of such solutions include, but not limited to: heat mitigation, nature-based solutions.
The top two solutions from either challenge themes will receive S$1 Million in grant funding.
What We Are Looking For
We are seeking groundbreaking innovations that specifically address the challenges posed by climate-induced extreme weather conditions.
We are on the hunt for innovative solutions that enhance mitigation, resilience and adaptation to extreme weather events (especially heat) for a more liveable planet. We are also open to proposals that provide large-scale cooling benefits and adaptive solutions that strengthen resilience across diverse industries.
Examples of such solutions include, but not limited to:
- Heat mitigation
To mitigate the growing challenge of excessive heat by focusing on reducing temperatures and/or adaptation solutions to help societies, especially vulnerable populations, withstand and adapt to the adverse effects of rising temperatures and more frequent heatwaves (e.g., climate-smart and climate-resilient food & agriculture, advanced materials for cooling – nano-coatings and film). - Nature-based solutions
For building climate resilient societies for at-risk groups through replicable and viable models that deliver impact for planet, people, and profit in the space of blue carbon (e.g., seaweed cultivation, mangrove restoration for coastal communities) and green carbon (e.g., bamboo cultivation, low-methane agriculture).
The top two solutions will win S$1 Million each in grant funding.
Join our TLC webinar on 9 January to gain insights on creating a compelling application!
Get insider tips on how to craft a standout application and maximise your chance of success at our one-hour webinar.
Date: 9 January 2025
Time: 3pm to 4pm (SGT)
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