The Liveability Challenge
Stories inspired by The Liveability Challenge, an annual search for solutions to make Asia's cities safer, cleaner and more resilient places to live, supported by Temasek Foundation.
News / Carbon & Climate
Carbon capture and oral vaccine for farmed fish win The Liveability Challenge 2023
Start-ups from Singapore and the United States win top honours in a record-breaking year for entries for the global sustainability innovation competition.
News / Food & Agriculture
Project aims to restore degraded Indonesian forests — by partnering with timber giants
A German startup is aiming to scale its social forestry model in Indonesia with the help of the country's huge timber concession holders. CFO Paul Schüller says his firm can reverse deforestation by giving local communities a sustainable livelihood of timber, cash crops and carbon credits.
Videos / Carbon & Climate
'It works like a dish sponge': a new way to capture carbon from the ocean
Gaurav Sant, founder of startup SeaChange, tells Eco-Business about a technology he hopes will give the world's oceans the capacity to absorb additional carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
News / Carbon & Climate
Social forestry project wins the Liveability Challenge 2022
Fairventures, an agroforestry management system, was awarded top prize in the annual search for solutions to the toughest sustainability challenges of our time.
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Carbon & Climate
Carbon capture idea wins The Liveability Challenge 2021
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13 January 2021
Food & Agriculture
Plant-based Bambara milk could launch in Singapore in Q2 of 2021
12 January 2021
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1 October 2020
Food & Agriculture
Cell-based seafood firm Shiok Meats raises US$12.6m in Series A funding
8 July 2020
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News / Policy & Finance
Is China’s Belt and Road Initiative on the brink of a green shift?
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