Cool City

We watched the Cool City video on 5-5-2009.
According to the video:

Economic development since the Industrial Revolution has been breathtaking but it has brought with it problems such as population pressure and CO2 emissions.
If we don't take action to solve these problems, we'll need a new earth and this is clearly impossible.
We have to reduce CO2 emissions by 50%.
In Japan during the last 30 years, GDP has gone up 100 per cent, while energy efficiency has increased by 37% & oil consumption decreased by 8%.
90% of CO2 emitted into the air comes from buildings and transport.Cool city is an environmentally friendly green city with minimal CO2 emissions. It t is being built by SDCJ, a group of Japanese companies.
There are three main zones: Business; Commercial/Cultural; and Residential.
There are three types of transport mentioned in the video and they are light transit rail, water taxis and hybrid cars.
Heat-reducing techniques: tree-planting; waterways; rooftop membranes.
Expected CO2 reductions: for eco-towers 50% and for eco-residences 30%.Overall reduction of CO2 emissions is expected to be 60%.

My opinion:
For me, I am not persuaded that it will be activated in the UAE because of the population's daily life and culture. Moreover, people in the UAE are not accustomed to living in a cool city. However foreign people are more than Emiratis in the UAE hence maybe it will work to establish this city.