The Journal of International Affairs (JIA) interviews Dr. Kandeh K. Yumkella, Director General of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) on September 20, 2010. In the interview, Dr. Yumkella relates a first-person account of the state of play of green technology, and defines the key tensions in the field, providing his outlook on the future of sustainable industrial development. UNIDO is a UN agency that has worked to reduce poverty through sustainable industrial development since 1966.