Abstract
Abstract:
Out of the numerous challenges facing mankind globally, the impact of climate
change poses more threat. These impacts include sea-level rise, more frequent floods from heavy
rainfall and notably among others, intense droughts. Despite the United Nations anchored events and
conferences geared towards tackling climate change, little success has been recorded till date.
Biomimicry, a novel science and method that studies nature's models and then emulates their forms,
processes, and strategies offer a sustainable approach to this menace of climate change. It also
has the potential to offer efficient alternatives to the human activities that contribute to the
depletion and pollution of the environment. Hence, the objective of this paper is to evaluate and
present the potential of biomimicry in adapting to climate change in the built environment. An
extant literature review was conducted on biomimicry and its roles in tackling climate change
through mitigation and adaptation. The result explores Biomimetic innovations and applications with
their potential to sustainably combat the menace of climate change if adopted. This study is
expected to refocus human efforts towards biomimicry where it is believed that nature, during its
3.8 billion years of existence has evolved with highly efficient processes and systems, with the
potential to produce solutions to the environmental challenges facing mankind, especially climate
change.