Applications are open for the Liveability Challenge 2026 for Innovators worldwide. The Liveability Challenge (TLC) iAs an annual international initiative that seeks revolutionary, groundbreaking options to handle city challenges in the tropics. It crowd-sources the world for the perfect sustainability options and gives each the funding and ecosystem assist required to take these concepts from laboratory to market.

Presented by Temasek Foundation and organised by Eco-Business, TLC was established in 2018 and has since grown to turn into Asia’s largest sustainability options platform with a world attain and a repute for serving to corporations — whose improvements are disrupting industries to create important constructive impression for society and planet — obtain success.

With eight profitable editions concluded, TLC has attracted 1000’s of functions globally, shortlisted and incubated 54 begin-ups, and deployed virtually S$14 million in funding to assist these begin-ups, who’ve gone on to boost a whole lot of thousands and thousands extra. Join the ninth version of TLC, the place the finalists shall be showcased at a Grand Finale dwell in Singapore at Ecosperity Week 2026.

Themes

The ninth version of The Liveability Challenge options two important themes:

• Decarbonization: They are wanting for disruptive deep-tech options that present scalable and impactful options to scale back carbon emissions throughout numerous industries. Examples of such options embody however not restricted to: waste-to-useful resource, renewable power, and power effectivity.
• Cool Earth: They are looking for groundbreaking improvements that particularly deal with the challenges posed by local weather-induced excessive climate situations. Examples of such options embody, however not restricted to: warmth mitigation, nature-based mostly options.

Prizes

• The prime two options from both problem themes will obtain S$1 Million in grant funding.
• Two options in the Decarbonisation observe stand an opportunity to obtain as much as S$2 million in improvement funding from A*STAR.

Eligibility

You are eligible if you’re:  

• 18 years or older.
• Not an worker of Temasek Foundation or Eco-Business.
• Not a detailed relative or related in any other case with the organisation or the judging of the competitors.