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editorialoptions Professor Dr. Pavel Kabat Director General and CEO, IIASA www.iiasa.ac.at2 options ◼ summer 2017 About Options Options magazine features recent IIASA research and activities. Editorial team Philippa Baumgartner, Daisy Brickhill, Katherine Leitzell Writers Philippa Baumgartner, Daisy Brickhill, Aisling Irwin, Katherine Leitzell, Natasha Little, Kerry Skyring, Jeremy Summers, Linda Zajac Expert reviewers Ulf Dieckmann, Tatiana Ermolieva, Christian Folberth, Adam French, Anne Goujon, Tomoko Hasegawa, Tanja Huber, Jessica Jewell, Adriana Keating, Ali Kharrazi, Zbigniew Klimont, Wolfgang Lutz, Reinhard Mechler, Raya Muttarak, Shonali Pachauri, Amanda Palazzo, Peter Rafaj, Narasimha D. Rao, Elena Rovenskaya, Yusuke Satoh, Sergei Scherbov, Stefan Thurner, Yoshihide Wada, Brian Walsh, Chihiro Watanabe, Charlie Wilson, Maria Xylia, Yurii Yermoliev, Bing Zhu Design Bernhard Rothkappel © 2017 IIASA ZVR 524808900 Prepared by IIASA Communications Department Printed by Remaprint, Vienna Options is sent to over 6,500 policymakers, diplomats, and scientists. If you would like to update your subscription preferences or subscribe to Options or other IIASA publications, please visit www.iiasa.ac.at/keepintouch. Sections of Options may be reproduced with acknowledgment to IIASA. Please send a copy of any reproduced material. The views and opinions expressed herein do not necessarily represent the positions of IIASA or its supporting organizations. About IIASA IIASA uses systems analysis to research the critical issues of  environmental, economic, and technological change we face today. Many of the most pressing problems of our times —climate change, food and water security, and biodiversity decline, to name just a few—are too complex to be solved by a single country or discipline. IIASA produces world-class research that integrates problems, drivers, and impacts, helping countries around the world to produce effective, evidence-based policies to tackle these challenges. IIASA produces  data, models, and research tools;  peer-reviewed scientific papers; and  policy-relevant information. IIASA helps  countries produce effective policy;  develop international research networks; and  support the next generation of scientists. IIASA is represented by its National Member Organizations in the following countries: Australia, Austria, Brazil, China, Egypt, Finland, Germany, India, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Pakistan, Republic of Korea, Russia, South Africa, Sweden, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States of America, Vietnam. IIASA A-2361 Laxenburg, Austria Phone +43 2236 807 0 Fax +43 2236 71313 E-mail info@iiasa.ac.at Web www.iiasa.ac.at twitter.com/iiasavienna facebook.com/iiasa blog.iiasa.ac.at linkedin.com/company/iiasa-vienna youtube.com/iiasalive flickr.com/iiasa Celebrating the old and the new The world is constantly changing, and as it does some challenges fade and new ones come to light. Here at IIASA we change in response, continually adapting our work to help humanity live well, within the limits set by the planet. Yet we also retain our core values, building on the successes that have been with us from the start. In this issue we celebrate a well-established success that is nearly as old as the institute itself: the Young Scientists Summer Program. The program marks its 40th anniversary this year and although it has expanded and become more diverse, in its essence the idea has not changed since it was first launched in 1977. Every summer, keen young scientists come from around the world and many different disciplines to work with IIASA researchers. As a launching pad to many successful careers in science, policy, and business, the program also plays an important part in the IIASA network, which spans the globe (page 20). We also discuss a potential new development at IIASA: a global health initiative, which will allow IIASA to apply systems analysis to the increasingly complex and interconnected health issues of today. IIASA research can have a meaningful impact across many fields relevant to health, from air pollution to the evolution of new pathogens to food and lifestyle (page 14). To ensure that the institute grows even more robust in response to its current growth and the challenges of the future, a comprehensive international independent review of IIASA was carried out this spring. We look forward to reporting on the results, the recommendations for IIASA, and our response.  Options online version: www.iiasa.ac.at/options