Deadline: February 9, 2025
Applications are open for 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 the 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.
Themes
The eighth edition of the Liveability Challenge features two main themes:
- Decarbonization: They seek disruptive deep-tech solutions that provide scalable and impactful ways to reduce carbon emissions across diverse industries. Examples include:
- Waste-to-resource technologies
- Renewable energy innovations
- Energy efficiency solutions
- Cool Earth: They are looking for groundbreaking innovations that specifically address challenges posed by climate-induced extreme weather conditions. Examples include:
- Heat mitigation technologies
- Nature-based solutions
Prizes
- The top two solutions from either challenge theme will each receive a grant of S$1 million, with a total of S$2 million in funding available.
Eligibility
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.
Application
Join in shaping a sustainable future. Enter The Liveability Challenge today and be part of the solution to our global climate crisis!
For more information. visit Liveability Challenge.
