Tackling the climate emergency is going to take investment, which is where Marie Cheong comes in. Wavemaker Impact, the VC climate tech venture builder where she is a founding partner, is the first of its kind in Southeast Asia, aiming specifically to co-found, support and scale climate tech startups. Its aim is to contribute to a 10 percent reduction in global carbon emissions by 2035 through building 10,000 companies that target issues from transforming industrial processes to evolving land use.