26 September 2009: The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) member States held a mini-summit with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on 26 September 2009, in New York. Climate change was among the issues addressed.
24 September 2009: The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) has released a report entitled “Climate Change Science Compendium 2009.” The report, compiled in association with scientists around the world, reviews some 400 major scientific contributions to our understanding of Earth Systems and climate change that have been released through peer-reviewed literature, or from research institutions, over the last three years.
September 2009: The September newsletter of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) outlines contributions of member institutions to address the role of agriculture in climate change since UNFCCC COP 14 in Poznań.
24 September 2009: A Global Green New Deal update by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), launched on the eve of the G20 Summit in Pittsburgh, US, shows that the economies of China and the Republic of Korea are emerging as global leaders in their commitments to invest significant parts of their stimulus packages in environmental projects.
24 September 2009: The UNFCCC Secretariat has published a paper (CC-2009-1-3/Croatia/EB) outlining a decision adopted on 24 September 2009 regarding expert advice on Croatia.
24 September 2009: The report of the 40th meeting of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) Methodologies Panel (Meth Panel) has been released and is now available on the CDM website.
23 September 2009: Following a request from the Chair of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Long-term Cooperative Action under the Convention (AWG-LCA), the UNFCCC Secretariat has published a non- paper summarizing the main functions identified in proposals on institutional arrangements contained in the revised negotiating text (FCCC/AWGLCA/2009/INF).
September 2009: The United Nations University Institute of Advanced Studies (UNU-IAS) Traditional Knowledge Initiative has recently re-launched the REDD Site, part of a pilot project on promoting the effective participation of indigenous peoples in processes for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD).
24 September 2009: This year's World Maritime Day highlights climate change as a key issue for the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and the shipping industry.
23 September 2009: The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has released a story on the importance of proper crop management for mitigating climate change, and the role nuclear technologies play in effective soil management.
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