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CONTENTS FEATURES News in brief Science into policy 26 Message from the Director General & CEO 29 Where are they now 26 Institute news 30 People profiles 31 Q&A — Nandita Saikia IIASA CORNER 03 08 20 Africa 22 Asia 21 Americas 23 Europe REGIONAL IMPACTS20 26 24 Albert Van Jaarsveld 25 Heinz Faßmann INTERVIEW24 FROM THE EDITOR This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. For any commercial use please contact: repository@iiasa.ac.at — ZVR 524808900 Welcome to the new-look Options. Thank you to all our readers who completed our readership survey and shared their thoughts and suggestions on the magazine – we have incorporated much of the feedback that we received. In addition to introducing a new design, we have created an IIASA corner featuring institute news and articles about IIASA people. Also in this issue, we highlight research done under the Arctic Futures Initiative, where scientists have been collaborating on projects covering a variety of issues affecting the northern reaches of our planet to find solutions that balance environmental protection, economic prosperity, and societal wellbeing (pages 12-15). We also take a closer look at the institute’s extensive work around ensuring the sustainable management and protection of the world’s dwindling forests (pages 10-11). These, and many other interesting articles in this issue of Options, illustrate the value of different nationalities and disciplines working together to find solutions to the global problems that society faces today. If you would like to share your comments or ideas for future issues, you are welcome to contact us via email. ABOUT OPTIONS Philippa Baumgartner Communications Manager baumgartner@iiasa.ac.at OPTIONS IS ALSO AVAILABLE ONLINE: WWW.IIASA.AC.AT/OPTIONS Options magazine features recent IIASA research and activities. Editor: Philippa Baumgartner Writers: Philippa Baumgartner, Melina Filzinger, Ansa Heyl, Sandra Ortellado, Jeremy Summers, Helen Tunnicliffe Expert reviewers: Yuri M. Ermoliev, Tatiana Ermolieva, Nicklas Forsell, Peter Greve, Arnulf Grubler, Tomoko Hasegawa, Petr Havlik, Lassi Heininen, Mikko Heino, Nadya Komendantova, Florian Kraxner, Sylvain Leduc, Elke Loichinger, Reinhard Mechler, Raya Muttarak, Elvis Nkoana, Sebastian Poledna, Anni Reissell, Keywan Riahi, Elena Rovenskaya, Nandita Saikia, Anatoly Shvidenko, Sergey Sizov, Aline Soterroni, Fabian Wagner, Barbara Willaarts, Charlie Wilson Design: Adam Islaam Cover assets: © Olga Ermolaeva & Tele52 | Dreamstime A people-centered approach to limiting global warming SPOTLIGHT 25 years of Ukraine membership COVER Nurturing cooperation, preservation, and prosperity in the Arctic Logoversion: CMYK plus Pantone 279 Logoversion: CMYK Logoversion: SW positiv Logoversion: SW negativ 10 16 12 18 Forests under threat