Deadline: 31-Mar-23

The Liveability Challenge is looking for disruptive innovations that can establish a circular urban agriculture or aquaculture system, or alternative protein system. They are seeking innovative and breakthrough technological solutions to maximise production efficiency and minimise resource requirements.

Themes

The themes for 2023 are Climate change and Food & Nutrition.

Climate Change

• They are looking for disruptive innovations that can decarbonise energy generation and industries, as well as capture and utilise carbon to create scalable products for global markets. They also want solutions that address ocean challenges including  innovative models that restore and regenerate coastal and marine ecosystems in Southeast Asia.
• This year, TLC is looking to build on its efforts in enabling solutions that remove carbon emissions at scale, including revolutionary technology-based carbon capture, utilisation and storage solutions; low-carbon solutions or solutions that decarbonises energy, urban infrastructure, and transport and logistics systems.
• TLC is also looking to support the scaling of viable solutions for ocean ecosystems that include restorative and regenerative efforts for coastal and marine ecosystems.
• Decarbonisation-related solutions should:
  • Significantly reduce the carbon emissions produced by industries and buildings (e.g. cooling systems); and/or
  • Effectively capture, and convert carbon emissions into useful products (e.g. building materials, reclamation sand or synthetic fuels)
  • Be carbon negative in the overall lifecycle and have zero/minimal externalities
  • Be technology-based solutions (e.g. physical, chemical)
  • Be commercially viable and scalable
  • Conduct the pilot in Singapore
• Ocean-related solutions should:
  • Create value from the conservation or restoration of coastal and marine ecosystems in Southeast Asia (e.g. seagrasses, mangroves, seaweed, kelp, and salt marshes)through sustainable business models and the generation of carbon credits; and/or
  • Improve measurement, reporting, and verification of environmental, social, and economic impacts (e.g. carbon sequestration, co-benefits); and/or
  • Prevent and reduce pollution in coastal and marine ecosystems (e.g. oil spills, plastic, runoffs)
  • Emphasise affordability, accessibility, reliability of the technology used as well as the potential for field calibration and maintenance in remote locations
  • Describe the full observational, experimental, modelling expertise and capacity
  • Be commercially viable and scalable
  • Conduct the pilot in Southeast Asia

Food & Nutrition

• They are looking for disruptive innovations that can establish a circular urban agriculture or aquaculture system, or alternative protein system. They are seeking innovative and breakthrough technological solutions to maximise production efficiency and minimise resource requirements.
• This year’s challenge aims to establish a circular, net-zero urban food system in three areas critical to ensuring food security: agriculture, aquaculture, and alternative nutrition sources (including protein, carbohydrates, and fats). They are seeking breakthrough technologies to provide affordable, nutrient-dense and safe food.
• Submitted solutions should:
  • Deliver breakthroughs in food production over current methods of production in at least one or combinations of the three areas critical to ensuring food security(agriculture, aquaculture, and alternative nutrition sources)
  • Maximise production efficiency and minimise resource requirements and waste outputs(e.g. through circularity of materials, incorporating clean energy sources)
  • Produce foods with improved nutritional quality without compromising on taste and texture
  • Be commercially viable and scalable in a dense urban environment
  • Conduct the pilot in Singapore.

Benefits

• This year, they are doubling the prize money to S$2 million, featuring two tracks
• The Liveability Challenge will award a grand prize of up to S$1million for the winner in each track.
• Other funding prizes include investments of $100,000 each from their strategic partners: impact investment firm PlanetRise, impact-focused family office Rumah Group, and venture capital funds Quest Ventures and TRIREC.

Eligibility Criteria

• 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.
• Not a close relative or connected otherwise with the organisation or the judging of the competition
• The competition is open to Singapore-based and international participants aged 18 years or over except employees of Temasek Foundation and Eco-Business, and close relatives and anyone otherwise connected with the organisation or the judging of the competition.
• There is no entry fee and no purchase is necessary to enter this competition.

For more information, visit Liveability Challenge.