Ecosperity Conversations

Xcelerating Nature-based Solutions: Role of Technology and Innovation

Nature-based solutions (NbS) such as reforestation, avoided deforestation, improved forest management and agroforestry, play a vital role in absorbing CO2 emissions and their development is critical for achieving the Paris Agreement’s climate goals.

Addressing the climate crisis and reaching a 1.5°C or 2°C pathway by 2030 will require about a 50% net reduction of annual emissions to around 23 gigatons of carbon dioxide (Gt CO2) from 2019 levels. Especially in hard-to-abate industries, carbon credits enable companies to support decarbonisation beyond their own carbon footprint, thus accelerating the broader transition to a low-carbon future. Although demand for carbon offsets is growing with hundreds of major companies having made ambitious climate pledges, a number of challenges surrounding NbS are limiting their further development.

Join us on 2 July for an exclusive session with the partners of Sustaintech Xcelerator and pitches from the 2021 cohort on activities and technology solutions to increase investor and buyer confidence in NbS. The panellists will discuss:

The challenges and opportunities of scaling up nature-based solutions
The role of technology and innovation in addressing these challenges
The outlook of global carbon market policies, trends and Singapore’s ambition to be a carbon services hub

For enquiries, please contact us at ecosperity.convo@temasek.com.sg.

About Sustaintech Xcelerator

The Sustaintech Xcelerator is a six-month global virtual accelerator for climate innovators developing solutions that increase buyer and investor confidence in nature-based solutions (NbS). Powered by DBS Bank, Google Cloud, the National University of Singapore Centre for Nature-based Climate Solutions, Temasek, Verra and the World Bank, the accelerator boosts the confidence and adoption of disruptive technology solutions that improve the monitoring, reporting and verification of the environmental, social, and economic impacts of NbS.

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Programme

1 JUL 2021

01:00 - 02:15

Live webinar (dial-in details will be sent to registered attendees only)

Timings indicated are Singapore time (GMT+8)

09:00 – 09:35

Pitches by Sustaintech Xcelerator 2021 cohort

35 mins

Introduction by DBS Innovation

Rainforest Connection: The world’s first scalable, real-time acoustic monitoring system for protecting and studying remote ecosystems.
Treevia: A technology company that brings forest monitoring and sustainability together by connecting forests around the world to the internet.
Cloud Agronomics: A climate-tech company on a mission to become the standard for quantifying sustainable outcomes on agricultural land.
FARM-TRACE: A software platform which delivers verified reforestation impacts created by farmers to brands wanting to reduce their climate footprints.
Sylvera: A software that brings clarity to the carbon markets by building tools to help businesses ensure that carbon offsets purchased are authentic.