“Beyond Binaries”: GenZero Climate Summit 2026 to Challenge Zero-Sum Thinking and Advance Comprehensive Set of Integrated Climate Solutions

• • GenZero Climate Summit 2026 will be the largest edition to date, with three mainstage events and 10 partner and side events taking place over 18 to 22 May 2026
  • Mainstage partner event series, the GenZero Climate Summit Insights, to return with two distinct sessions: Nature, Markets, Scale, jointly hosted with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), and the Legal & Accounting Forum, jointly hosted with Allen & Gledhill, HFW, Linklaters
  • Notable speakers include: Mr Alvin Tan, Singapore Minister of State for the Ministry of Trade & Industry and the Ministry of National Development; Mr Eric Chua, Senior Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Law, Singapore; Ms Rachel Kyte, Special Representative for Climate, UK Government, and Co-Chair of The Coalition to Grow Carbon Markets; Ms Damilola Ogunbiyi, CEO and Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (UN SRSG) for Sustainable Energy for All, and Co-Chair of UN-Energy; Mr Martin Krause, Director of Climate Change Division, UNEP; Mr Matt Kean, Chair, Australia Climate Change Authority; Mr Alex Kazaglis, Chief Strategy and Transformation Officer, Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi); Ms Angela Schwarz, CEO, Anew Climate and Ms Nadia Kaddouri, CEO, South Pole, among others

 

SINGAPORE, 11 May 2026 – GenZero, a Temasek-owned investment platform committed to accelerating decarbonisation globally, will host its fourth edition of the GenZero Climate Summit (“Summit”) from 18 to 22 May 2026 in Singapore.

Themed “Beyond Binaries”, the GenZero Climate Summit 2026 confronts a persistent problem in climate discourse: the tendency to force complex, interdependent challenges into false choices such as nature or technology, markets or regulation.

Building on the momentum of previous editions, this year’s Summit will be its largest to date, with three mainstage events and 10 partner and side events taking place over 18 to 22 May 2026. The week’s events will explore a set of interlinked priorities: the role of nature, the imperative of transition, and the growing importance of adaptation and resilience. It will also examine how strengthening legal and accounting frameworks can support the scaling of carbon markets and unlock much-needed financing, alongside the role of clearer, more consistent policy signals in enabling credible decarbonisation pathways.

The Guest-of-Honour delivering the Opening Keynote at the Summit’s flagship main stage event on 19 May 2026 will be Mr Alvin Tan, Singapore Minister of State for the Ministry of Trade & Industry and the Ministry of National Development.

Frederick Teo, Chief Executive Officer of GenZero said: “The climate challenge is not short of ambition or capital. We are, however, hampered by rules that force us to make false choices – between solutions that reduce carbon emissions and solutions that remove them, between mitigating near term emissions and adapting to a more climate impaired world. What we need is an open-mindedness to embrace different solutions. The theme of GenZero Climate Summit 2026 is a call to go beyond binary, linear thinking to solve complex problems like climate change.”

 

Overview of GenZero Climate Summit 2026 Programme:

Main Stage Events

Date	Event
18 May (Mon)	GenZero Climate Summit Insights: Nature, Markets, Scale – in collaboration with UNEP *
19 May (Tue)	GenZero Climate Summit 2026 – Beyond Binaries (GenZero’s flagship annual event) *
20 May (Wed)	GenZero Climate Insights: Legal & Accounting Forum – in collaboration with Allen & Gledhill, HFW, and Linklaters *

 

Partner & Side Events

Date	Event
18 May (Mon)	GenZero Transition Credits Lunch *
18 May (Mon)	Green Fuel Forward Workshop – in collaboration with the World Economic Forum
18 May (Mon)	Energy Transition Credit Roundtable – in collaboration with Singapore’s National Climate Change Secretariat (NCCS), Kinetic Coalition (C2ES), The Rockefeller Foundation, and the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ)
19 May (Tue)	Carbon Breakfast Roundtable: Indonesia’s Carbon Market – Powering the Next Phase of Climate Action – in collaboration with Enterprise Singapore and the Indonesia Climate and Growth Dialogue (ICGD)
19 May (Tue)	GenZero Executive Lunch Dialogue: Climate and Carbon Opportunities in Indonesia – in collaboration with Konservasi Indonesia and Ministry of Forestry, Republic of Indonesia
20 May (Wed)	GenZero Executive Lunch Dialogue: European and Asian Perspectives on Energy Security and the Climate Transition – in collaboration with Lightrock
20 May (Wed)	GenZero Nature Roundtable: Approaches for Scaling Ecosystem Restoration
21 May (Thu)	“From Pipeline to Issuance: Co-creating Solutions to Unlock Carbon Markets Globally” Carbon Markets Roundtable – in collaboration with the Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB) and the Singapore Sustainable Finance Association (SSFA)
21 May (Thu)	GenZero Carbon Markets Roundtable
22 May (Fri)	GenZero Executive Breakfast Dialogue: Building Climate Resilience in Supply Chains and Critical Assets – in collaboration with the Monetary Authority of Singapore and JPMorganChase

* Events open to media

 

For the latest programme and speaker updates, visit the GenZero Climate Summit 2026 event page at https://genzero.co/climatesummit2026.

 

About GenZero

GenZero is an investment platform company focused on accelerating decarbonisation globally. Founded by Temasek, it seeks to deliver positive climate impact alongside long-term sustainable financial returns by investing in opportunities with the potential to scale.

Recognising the need for a holistic and integrated approach to achieve a net zero world, GenZero adopts a flexible investment strategy across three focus areas: (i) nature-based solutions that protect and restore ecosystems while supporting communities and biodiversity; (ii) technology-based solutions that drive deep decarbonisation; and (iii) carbon ecosystem enablers that support the scaling of carbon markets and broader industry transition.

For more information on GenZero, visit www.genzero.co.