25 Feb. Full text to follow. Thanks for your patience.

In the meantime, click left menu to see some of the tools already listed there.

(Some first information and working links for now)

This is by no means just one more passive one-way web site and information posting program. Bearing in mind the nature of the challenge before us, and of the tools now at our disposal, the whole solution process has from the beginning been designed to be heavily interactive. It is thus and above all an active communications tool. In these pages you will find a comprehensive set of background information, working materials and some of the tools that we are using to turn this idea into reality on the streets of, we hope in fairly short order, quite a good number of cities around the world. Our immediate challenge however is to get those first pioneer cities on line to show the way to the rest.

• International Advisory Council:
  A key to the entire project is the collective expertise and competence of the distinguished international figures who are joining in via the International Advisory Council. Have a look. Do you belong there? Or someone you know who understands and is ready to work on these issues? If so, please let us know.

• The World Inventory of Leading Organizations actively working on the challenge, each from their own angle and areas of expertise and geographic coverage. This is a very important part of the solution process as we see it, namely finding ways to link these groups into active alliances so as to be able to extend the power and outreach of the solution process.

• Tool kit (An introduction):
  This website is only one part of the basic organizing structure. The entire project is based on intense interactivity and communications, and is supported by a quite extensive array of electronic tools which are introduced here. Of these we would draw your attention in particular to:
  • IAP Communications Forum. This private e-forum serves the members of the International Advisory Council and others who are actively involved in the collaborative projects. It is private and strictly moderated to protect your time. For more click here.

  • Supporting e-tools: The collaborative project depends on a level of intensity of communications and exchanges that go far beyond that which is usually practiced. In large part, that is because not only do we now have the tools for the job, but also because of the highly dispersed nature of the people and organizations involved in the colution process. But there is also another thought behind this which relates to the objectives and even the ethics (yes, ethics) of the whole thing we are trying to get at: let's call if for the sake of simplicity: CO2 reduction. These tools, as you will see, permit us to remove the need for much of the physical displacement that older programs have been accustomed to relying on. Not only that, these tools -- many of which are free or at the most very low cost -- allow more people and groups to get involved, at a higher level of intensity and usefulness for all concerned, all while saving CO2 (and time and energy, you also have to admit).

  • The Kyoto World Cities Challenge: Essays & Comments interactive group web log. Click here for more.

  • Latest News on Kyoto/Cities: provided by a special Google search and updated daily.