flow speeds up; poor countries now lead, The accelerating rise in carbon dioxide emissions puts the world on a fast-track to warming, September 26 topic * Green Jobs Initiative report generally optimistic, but says too few green jobs are being created for the most vulnerable: the 1.3 billion working poor (43 per cent of the global workforce) in the world with earnings too low to lift them and their dependants above the poverty threshold of US$2 per person, per day, or for the estimated 500 million youth who will be seeking work over the next 10 years, September 24 topic * UN Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) Programme announced to combat climate change from deforestation, September 24 topic * Mexico to host World Environment Day 2009, September