The city of Kyoto has seven characteristics out of 12, making it a gamma city. 1. There is no other Kyoto, so its on first name bases 2. The city has buses, subways, and bullet trains connecting it to other large cities 3. Free wifi around the city 4. World renowned university 5. Kyoto's international film and art festival 6. Hosting the rugby world cup 7. Kyoto Sanga football team
Kyoto doesn't have huge sustainability issues but main issue is climate change. Climate change affect their forests, fishers, agriculture, and land that many people depend on to live. Deforestation is also a problem in the city. So Kyoto started a protocol to lower the levels of greenhouse gases. It was based on the scientific consensus that global warming is occurring and that it mostly humans fault. it was first thought of in December 1997 but was put to action in February 2005.
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