United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the World Economic Forum (WEF) and the Economics of Land Degradation (ELD) Initiative hosted by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) will release the “State of Finance For Nature: Tripling investments in nature-based solutions by 2030” at the WEF-hosted Climate Breakthroughs: The Road to COP26 and Beyond on 27 May 2021.

The Future of Asia is an international gathering where political, economic and academic leaders from the Asia-Pacific region offer their opinions frankly and freely on regional issues and the role of Asia in the world. Held by Nikkei every year since 1995 (it has been canceled due to the new coronavirus pandemic last year), it is considered one of the most important global conferences in Asia.

An array of initiatives from training to inclusive education opportunities to advances in strengthening the "European Universities Inivities" have been approved by the EU Council under the Portuguese Presidency.

Climate Change News reports that " The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will end all financing for coal mining and power plants and ban support for oil and gas production, under a draft energy policy released on Friday."