"We, as representatives sustainable (sic) of the city that gave birth to the Kyoto Protocol, take our responsibility toward the global environment seriously.
With hard work, perseverance, and a measure of luck, we hope that the world will eventually find that that the trust it has given to Kyoto, the cradle of climate change prevention, has been well-placed indeed.

Unfortunately, traditional divisions within the local administration, combined with difficulties in coordination, continue to present substantial barriers to local development and climate change prevention."

http://web.kyoto-inet.or.jp/org/ma21f/foreign/english.html