UNDP Administrator Emphasizes Importance of Development Framework that Promotes Inclusive and Greener Globalization [viewed]
9 September 2009: UN Development Programme (UNDP) Administrator Helen Clark, in her opening statement to the second Regular Session of the Executive Board of the UNDP and the UN Population Fund (UNFPA), which convened on 9 September 2009, reminded participants of the agreement to develop a common framework to address the economic crisis and to build a more inclusive and greener globalization.
9 September 2009: In a statement to the Green Korea 2009 Conference, UN Under-Secretary General for Economic and Social Affairs Sha Zukang encouraged developing countries to continue on a “greener” path to growth by targeting large investments toward energy efficiency, renewable energy and public transport. 
15 September 2009: The determination regarding the project design document (PDD) for the joint implementation (JI) project “Improvement of the Energy Efficiency at Energomashspetsstal (EMSS), Kramatorsk, Ukraine” has been submitted to the UNFCCC Secretariat by an accredited independent entity (AIE). 
3 September 2009: Aiming to aid policy makers in overcoming energy poverty by integrating energy decentralization into national and sector-specific decentralization policies, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has published a literature review of over 600 online documents entitled “Energy in National Decentralization Policies: A Review Focusing on Least Developed Countries and Sub-Saharan Africa.” 
15 September 2009: The World Bank has launched “World Development Report 2010: Development and Climate Change.”
14 September 2009: At the International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) 53rd General Conference in Vienna, Austria, the appointment of Ambassador Yukiya Amano of Japan as the next IAEA Director General was confirmed. Mohamed ElBaradei, who currently holds the post, will complete his term on 30 November 2009. On 1 December 2009, Ambassador Amano will commence his term as the organization's fifth Director General. 
11 September 2009: The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has released a new version of its Biofuels Sustainability Scorecard, which will enable users to better anticipate the impacts of potential biofuel projects on sensitive issues such as indigenous rights, carbon emissions from land use change, and food security. 
