The topic deals with my ongoing research on reviewing international laws to improve mandates for sustainable innovation and effective transfer of ESTs to nations affected by climate change.

1. 17th International Conference on Environmental, Cultural,
Economic and Social Sustainability
(online)
24th -26th February, 2021
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Kalpana S Murari
India

2. Economic Impact of Biomimicry Products
• It is predicted that Biomimicry could account for $425 billion in US
GDP and $1.6 trillion in Global GDP, as well as generating savings
associated with reduced resource depletion and mitigation of
pollution levels.(FERMANIAN BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC INSTITUTE)
• Inherent ability to advance innovation in green technology
• Promises high return on investment.
• (Major inputs from Kennedy, E. B., & Marting, T. A. (2016). Biomimicry: Streamlining the Front End of Innovation for
Environmentally Sustainable Products)

3. Levels of Biomimicry and Forms of innovation
• Natural forms, Natural processes and Natural Ecosystems
• Achieving climate resilient architectural designs and agricultural methods
• Emulating natural systems to find biomimetic solutions for infrastructure
building
• Production of biodegradable raw materials from naturally available
biological materials
• Production systems with zero environmental impacts and socially
advantageous end-uses.

4. Effectiveness of Biomimicry
• As an eco-design tool, biomimicry projects are
• Energy saving
• Resource efficient and
• Accelerate front-end innovation
• Leans upon the concept of ‘natural selection’ that favors
• High performance
• Survival strategies that can be emulated to address technical constraints
• Example : Calcium carbonate powder inspired by coral’s carbon dioxide-fixing process to
be used in concrete mixes to reduce the carbon footprint of cement
• Simulating photosynthetic process to design cheaper and energy-efficient solar cells.
• Kindly visit https://biomimicry.net for further information.

5. Traversing legal landscape for Biomimicry
• Exploring principles of International Economic law and Bioethics law to
incentivize manufacture of bio-inspired products.
• Enhancing already existing principles of judicial exception to patentability of
all natural products that duplicate materials found in nature.
• Excluding patentability of products that are intrinsically identifiable as
“products of nature” and “beneficial inventions” similar to life-saving drugs.
• Redesign IP laws to benefit:
• Analogous lead product concepts that are useable in early stages of product
development.
• Abstract design principles extracted or derived from biological models
• Independent ideation of new products and concepts derived from biology

6. •Thank you all for your time and attention.
•Kindly visit my personal website at
https://kalpanamurari.consulting.