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Q&A — Michael Kuhn Kim Montgomery Tyseer Aboulnasr Global research highlights Dashed lines represent disputed borders. IIASA maps are for information only and without prejudice to the status of or sovereignty over any territory or the delimitation of international borders FROM THE EDITORIAL TEAM While life in lockdown continues for the majority of people around the world and vaccine rollouts start to offer a glimmer of hope for a return to normal life, we are delighted to present you with another issue of Options magazine. In our cover feature, we take a look at biodiversity research undertaken at IIASA and how it is contributing to the global conversation around this important issue. We also provide a sneak peek into how different aspects of biodiversity will be studied across the institute as part of the new IIASA strategy (pages 12-15). Our second feature highlights how researchers at the institute continue to apply their expertise to the threat air pollution poses to the climate and global health (pages 10-11), while our national member organization feature celebrates the institute’s collaboration with Indonesia over the past decade (pages 16-17). We hope that you enjoy reading the articles in this issue of Options. Please get in touch with us via email if you would like to share your comments or ideas for future articles. The IIASA Communications and External Relations Team press@iiasa.ac.at ABOUT OPTIONS Options magazine features recent IIASA research and activities. Writers: Kim Montgomery, Stephen Battersby, Monika Bauer, Bettina Greenwell, Ansa Heyl, Jeremy Summers Expert reviewers: Peter Burek, Behnam Zakeri, Edward Byers, Jinfeng Chang, Weber Daniela, Ulf Dieckmann, Luis Gomez Echeverri, Stefan Frank, Marie Franquin, Adam French, Alexia Fürnkranz- Prskawetz, Adriana Gómez-Sanabria, Petr Havlik, Martin Jung, Taher Kahil, Gregor Kiesewetter, Zbigniew Klimont, Nadejda Komendantova, Florian Kraxner, David Leclère, Sylvain Leduc, Wolfgang Lutz, Ian McCallum, Asjad Naqvi, Pallav Purohit, Peter Rafaj, Leena Srivastava, Yos Sunitiyoso, Sylvia Tramberend, Piero Visconti, Yoshihide Wada, Barbara Willaarts, Ping Yowargana Graphic design: Adam Islaam Cover: © Adam Islaam | IIASA This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. For any commercial use please contact: permissions@iiasa.ac.at — ZVR 524808900