This multi-disciplinary research area includes challenges and opportunities that surround the intertwined futures of the world’s energy demands and the earth’s environments. The problem of climate change, is fundamentally a global collective action challenge thus research in both experimental and theoretical aspects of energy and environment is vital.

Major themes namely food security, water security, biodiversity and solar technology are indeed essential for understanding and establishing sustainability with the ability to see beyond traditional subject boundaries and understand the complex inter-relations between technological, economic, political and behavioural aspects towards a more sustainable society.