Most of them are things we've always done, writ large.
Trees are my personal favourite. Shade, transpiration, Birdlife, net cooling in summer. And simply nice to be around.
I thought the wind towers were particularly interesting. I've never seen anything like that in Europe or North America.
We..for the wider worldwide we. Used in Asia and middle east. I think some modern passive house designs use directed wind flows to manage the thermal mass but that's a bit different.