The scope of SUSTAIN 2025 encompasses but is not limited to:
1. Energy and Environment
- Renewable energy and energy efficiency
- Energy related biotechnology and nanotechnology
- Sustainable waste management
- Sustainable consumption and production
- Life cycle and environmental impact assessment
- Strategic environmental assessment
- Environmental pollution control
2. Sustainable Tropical Forest
- Community forest management
- Forest for water, food and energy
- Forest biodiversity and ecosystem services
- Silvicultural technique for rehabilitation
- Sustainable timber and non-timber forest product
- Soil and water conservation
- Watershed management
- Wetland management
3. Sustainable Agriculture
- Food production system and technology
- Agriculture and food process engineering
- Precision agriculture
- Information and communication technology in agriculture
- Micro-climate and environment control
- Technology for climate change mitigation and adaptation
- Integrated pest management
- Nursery and breeding technology
- Agricultural biotechnology
4. Sustainable Built Environment
- Sustainable buildings and infrastructure
- Sustainable and community development
- Creative design and adaptability
- Transportation and logistics
- Regional/urban planning and design
- Construction management
- Heritage conservation
- Tourism development
5. Climate Change and Disaster Resilience
- Biodiversity changes and future scenarios
- Carbon cycle and sequestration
- Hydrometeorological disaster
- Flood and drought due to extreme weather
- Debris flow and sediment transport
- Community-based disaster risk management
- Technology for disaster mitigation and prevention
- Surveillance and early warning systems
6. Social, Economy, and Political Dimensions of Sustainability
- Democracy, democratization and human security
- State and non-state actors in a changing world
- Memories, identities, and cultural preservation
- Sustainable development and global partnership
- Local wisdom and preservation
- Social resilience
- Social resilience and inclusiveness
- Peace, justice and strong institution