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contents 3summer 2015 + optionswww.iiasa.ac.at options 2 editorial 2 Incubating interdisciplinary  insights 4 research news 4 Banking system remains at risk  Envisioning the future of  farming 5 Game theory sheds light on corruption  Science for sustainable development?  Earth Statement: A year of opportunity  Drought and climate change 6 Citizen science boosts global  mapping efforts  Connecting the dots  Sustainability and the land–water–food nexus  Longer life—slower aging?  Education and vulnerability 7 What would it take to limit climate change to 1.5°C?  Linking climate mitigation and adaptation 8 science into policy 8 Taking the temperature of the climate talks  The post-2015 agenda 9 Tradeoffs in  the tropics 22 regional focus 22 africa New maps inform food security planning  Renewable energy impacts in North Africa 23 americas New clues to the growing gap between rich and poor   Biofuel could offer sustainable energy solutions for Hawaii 24 asia Regional strategy needed to clear Beijing’s haze  Buddhism helps explain low  fertility in Asia 25 asia & oceania Higher ocean acidity poses danger for coral life  Bioenergy offers Japan energy-resilient solutions 26 europe Economic dialogue across the Eurasian continent  More effort needed to clear Europe’s air 27 institute news 27 Injecting science in sustainability 28 Mexican and US committees meet in California  Pakistan visit cements further collaborations 29 Success of IGBP celebrated by scientific symposium at IIASA  Systems Analysis 2015  IDRiM 2015: Disaster Risk Reduction  Southern African YSSP  Enhancing Finnish research activities  Developing Indian partnerships 30 people at iiasa 30 young scientists Invasion of the habitat snatchers YSSP award winner Danielle Haak designs an innovative model to  understand how invasive species spread 30 Fisheries may promote diversification SA-YSSP participant Pietro Landi applies mathematical models to  the evolution of fish 31 interview Troubled waters Q&A with IIASA Postdoctoral Research Scholar Luzma Fabiola Nava 10 opinion Now or never By Franz Fischler, President of the European Forum Alpbach and former European Commissioner 11 interview The world in 2050 Johan Rockström, IIASA Distinguished Visiting Fellow, describes his optimistic view for the future 12 Forever young? New measures of aging in development at IIASA 14 cover feature Getting to Eureka IIASA’s interdisciplinary research environment helps scientists address complex problems and paves the path to effective policies 18 Climate change challenges for  Austria IIASA and the Austrian Panel on Climate Change advancing the  transformation toward sustainable development 20 The climate–poverty conundrum Mitigating climate change and eliminating poverty Cover photo Antelope Canyon, Utah, USA © Bartus Hendrikse | iStockphoto.com