In my point of view, I agree with those points because they are realstic for every one who share this planet with others. Even if there are many people who think about the global warming as a big issue, there are still some people who should be forced by the green-laws that should be applied. In order to let Abu Dhabi to become a cool city, those laws will let more people to move more steps towards the solving of global warming in UAE. Abu Dhabi's government should put laws for people who burn more greenhouse gases, who pollute the envirnment with waste poducts, and even for those who pollute the planet with noise.
Masdar is the name given to the Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company that is made in April 2006 to embrace renewable and sustainable energy technologies. Masdar City is a project that is done by Masdar and will let Abu Dhabi to become a cool city. Masdar city is designed to be the world's first zero-carbon, zero-waste, and car-free city. Masdar city will contain sustainable transportation, waste management, water and wastewater conservation, green construction, buildings and industrial materials, recycling, biodiversity, climate change, renewable energy and green financial institutions. The three major aims for Masdar city are having zero carbon emissions, having zero waste and having zero fossil fuel consumption on site. All the waste products will be recycled in Masdar City, and the desalinated water will be reduced by 80%. They hope that cycling and walking will be the only transportation ways. In my opinion, I hope this city will become an important part of Abu Dhabi area. Peopl here in UAE should accept this project with all its charachteristics in order to help this planet from the dangers of the global warming.
Desert Islands are multi-experiences for both tourists and people who lived in Abu Dhabi. They are located in the western coastline of Abu Dhabi and developed by TDIC and Masdar. It will consist of eight islands; Sir Bani Yas Island, Dalma Island and the Discovery Islands – six nearby offshore outcrops - which will be linked by a ferry and hydrofoil service, water taxis, private ‘resort’ boat service and regional and sea planes.
In my opinion, those islands will improve the environment in Abu Dhabi because people will be use a transport system free from the use of feuls that used in cars and buses. Boats will be used as a main transport way, and most of those deserts will contain a wide spaces of green areas. I hope all those developments will help Abu Dhabi and all the emirates to become cool cities that reduce the effects of global warming in UAE.
The website's address below can give you useful information about Desert Islands:
The site below include some information about the Tourism Development & Investment Company (TDIC):
http://www.tdic.ae/content/Home.About_Us.aspx
Qasr Al Sarab is one of the projects that will be done by TDIC in Abu Dhabi’s Liwa desert crossing the Empty Quarter (Rub Al-Khali). It will have have a five star hotel, a luxury health spa, conference centre, adjoining excursion and tented villages, a children’s playground and an observatory. South Africa’s Northpoint (Pty) Ltd desighned Qasr Al Sarab.
Cool city is the city that has special charachteristics and different standards of living. As every one has special charachteristics, the cool cities are not suitable to all people in thie planet especailly in UAE. As we all know, UAE has large population that are from different communities and nationalities with different ways of life. With the different strateges of living and charachteristics that the cool city has, some people in UAE will manage thier lives and continue the life with those charachteristics. On the other hand, some people will be diffeicult for them to keep going under those circumstances. Some of the adaptation that would work here in UAE is the mechanical roofs that respond to the temperature. Those roofs will let the air to be cooled during the summer and it will stop the cooling system in order to let the natural breeze to cool the weather during the winter. The other charachteristic that would work in UAE is the system of canopies and umbrellas that shade the streets and giant fans which are placed at different locations to create a cool, artificial breeze. As UAE is located in a desert area besides the high temperatures that reached 50 c degrees during the summer, those unbrellas and fans will work. The third thing is the circulating of seawater under pavements. In my opinion, this solution will be considred as an important idea to reduce the global warming as UAE is located on the Arabian Gulf. 
On the other hand, those cool cities have some charachteristics that I think they will not work well in UAE. For example, some people can't manage thier lives by not using the private transportations. Masdar's city is one of the cool cities in where people should walk or take public transport to get around. This charachteristic will not appeal to all people here in UAE. In addition, cool cities are desighned with small flats that will nit be accepted to every one in UAE as they used to live in wide spaces. Also, because UAE is acually a desert, cool water misters are not particularly efficient where water is scarce in a desert environment.
UAE is trying to reduce the effects of global warming by using different ways such as cool cities. Dubai for example now trying to make more carbon neutral free zones. The article below is from the NATIONAL, and it is talked about the free zones to become carbon neutral:
http://thenational.ae/article/20080604/NATIONAL/212479051/1022/NEWS
There are many simple ways to reduce the footprint you leave on the planet. Learn how to reduce your footprint in each consumption category–carbon, food, housing, and goods and services—but don’t stop there. Amplify your impact by encouraging others to follow your lead. Engage your friends and community with local and global movements for social change, or start your own movement!
Reduce your Carbon Footprint
Use cleaner transport
Walk, bike, or take public transit whenever possible.
Avoid allowing your car to idle. If you’ll be waiting for more than 30 seconds, turn off the engine (except in traffic). And don’t take the drive-through—park the car and walk inside instead.
Have your vehicle serviced regularly to keep the emission control systems operating at peak efficiency. Check your car's air filter monthly, and keep the tires adequately inflated to maximize gas mileage.
Avoid short airplane trips—take a bus or train instead.
Add energy-saving features to your home
Install compact fluorescent bulbs in all your home light fixtures—but remember, compact fluorescents contain mercury, so look for low-mercury models and be sure to dispose of old bulbs safely through your local hazardous waste program.
Weatherproof your home. Make sure your walls and ceilings are insulated, and consider double-pane windows. Eliminate drafts with caulking, weather strips, and storm windows and doors.
Insulate your water heater. Even better, switch to a tankless water heater, so your water will be heated only as you use it.
Choose energy efficient appliances.
Adopt energy-saving habits
Keep thermostat relatively low in winter and ease up on the air conditioning in summer. Clean or replace dirty air conditioner filters as recommended to keep the A/C operating at peak efficiency.
Unplug your electronics when not in use. To make it easier, use a power strip. Even when turned off, items like your television, computer, and cellphone charger still sip power.
Dry your clothes outside whenever possible.
Make minimal use of power equipment when landscaping.
Defrost your refrigerator and freezer regularly.
Choose green electricity. Many utilities give you the option to purchase electricity generated by wind and solar power for a small rate surcharge.
Purchase carbon offsets to make up for the energy use you can’t eliminate.
Reduce your Food Footprint
Eat more local, organic, in-season foods.
Plant a garden—it doesn’t get more local than that.
Shop at your local farmer’s market or natural foods store. Look for local, in-season foods that haven’t traveled long distances to reach you.
Choose foods with less packaging to reduce waste.
Eat lower on the food chain—going meatless for just one meal a week can make a difference. Globally, it has been estimated that 18% of all greenhouse gas emissions are associated with meat consumption.
Reduce your Housing Footprint
Choose sustainable building materials, furnishings, and cleaning products.
Explore green design features for your building, like passive solar heating, a rainwater catchment or grey water recycling system, and recycled materials.
Choose efficient appliances, including low flow shower heads, faucets, and toilets.
Choose furnishings that are second-hand, recycled, or sustainably produced.
Plant drought tolerant plants in your garden and yard.
Use biodegradable, non-toxic cleaning products.
Adopt water-saving habits
Take shorter, less frequent showers—this not only saves water, but the energy necessary to heat it.
Don’t use the garbage disposal. Compost instead.
Run the dishwasher and the laundry machine only when full.
Wash cars rarely, or better yet, take them to a carwash. Commercial carwashes use less water per wash than home washers, and they are also required to drain used water into the sewage system, rather than storm drains, which protects aquatic life.
Avoid hosing down or power-washing your deck, walkways, or driveway.
Regularly look for and fix leaks.
Reduce your Goods and Services Footprint
Buy less! Replace items only when you really need to.
Recycle all your paper, glass, aluminum, and plastic. Don’t forget electronics!
Compost food waste for the garden. Garbage that is not contaminated with degradable (biological) waste can be more easily recycled and sorted, and doesn't produce methane gases (a significant greenhouse gas contributor) when stored in a landfill.
Buy recycled products, particularly those labeled "post-consumer waste."
A global warming is one of the most dangerous problems that face the humanity and the whole world. Global warning is the name that is given to all the environmental problems that cause a lot of damage on the earth and the ecosphere around it. It contains the air pollution, sand pollution, water pollution, ice melting, diversity, loss of food and water, loss of energy and even the loss of land that we live on it.
