Deadline: 09-Feb-2025

The Liveability Challenge (TLC) returns for the eighth edition, seeking submissions for the groundbreaking climate solutions from across the world that push the boundaries of innovation.

Winners are to conduct their proof-of-value pilot in Singapore (tech-based) or within Southeast Asia (nature-based).

Themes

• The eighth edition of The Liveability Challenge features two main themes:
  • Decarbonisation
    • They 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)
  • Cool Earth
    • They are seeking groundbreaking innovations that specifically address the challenges posed by climate-induced extreme weather conditions.​
    • They are on the hunt for innovative solutions that enhance mitigation, resilience and adaptation to extreme weather events (especially heat) for a more liveable planet. They 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).

Funding Information

• Winners of each track will walk away with grant funding of S$1 million.

Eligibility Criteria

• You are eligible if you are:
  • 18 years or older.
  • Not an employee of Temasek Foundation or Eco-Business.
  • Not a close relative or connected otherwise with the organisation or the judging of the competition.

For more information, visit Eco-Business.