Abu Dhabi is promoting initiatives to minimize the negative environmental footprint of urban development and reduce consumption of energy. The Cool City concept - using available green technology in transport, urban development and architecture with a low carbon footprint - is being promoted by the Sustainable Urban Development Consortium for Japan and Gulf States Partnership, orchestrated by Nikken Sekkei, one of the world's largest architectural design firms. Cool City would consume up to 60pc less energy than a conventional urban area by using cutting-edge technologies already tried and tested in Japan. 'The UAE is one of the biggest oil producing countries in the world,' Yuriko Koike, a member of the Japanese House of Representatives and former Japanese minister of environment, told the symposium.
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