Josef W. Konvitz’s recently published Cities and Crisis comes just in time for the lead up to Habitat III. A historian, former diplomat and authority on economic governance and urban development, Konvitz is also a UN Global Compact – Cities Programme Global Advisor. He was responsible for the coordination between the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and UN Habitat in the preparation of the Istanbul 1996 Habitat II conference.

An Uppingham Seminar took place at Dunford House, Midhurst, Sussex on the 7-9 April 2016 under the title "Adult Learning and the Sustainable Development Goals". A report is now available on this event, featured below and also available on the Uppingham website.