A group of European research centers has been work on a project called Blueprint to consider how science and technology policies might be harmonized with environmental policies in Europe.

The project describes its purpose as,

“Various kinds of environmental innovation, i.e. improved knowledge and technological options, can be induced by science and technology policy. Capacity building in the field of environmental innovation can be stimulated by S&T policies and can be extremely helpful for environmental policy. And a new kind of environmental policy, taking the impacts of environmental regulation on innovation, competitiveness and employment into account, would be extremely helpful to stimulate scientific and technological progress… Against this background, we plan to implement the thematic network BLUEPRINT which is the short name for “Blueprints for an Integration of Science, Technology and Environmental Policy”. The network is designed to examine the relationship between S&T and environmental policies considering the complexity of factors influencing innovation and environmental decisions in firms. The objective of the network is to promote dialogue between the socio-economic research communi!
ty, policy makers, industry and intermediate organisations in Europe in order to enhance policy coherence in addressing sustainable development issues.”