Anticipating Environmental Burdens in Research and Innovation Projects. Application to the Case of Active and Healthy Ageing

[EN] In this paper; for research and innovation projects without environmental goals; a procedure is proposed to operationalize the anticipation and reflexivity of environmental concerns in the initial phases. By using the expert knowledge of specialists; we have first conducted a study to identify the general environmental topics relevant in any kind of research and innovation project not addressing the environment. In a second phase; a strategy is proposed to rank order the topics in terms of environmental relevance by means of the Analytic Hierarchy Process. To illustrate it; the case of Information and Communication Technologies for Active and Healthy Ageing is used because of its increasing importance; and because normal environmental targets are not considered. Results show that; in this case; the most relevant topic to be considered is the primary energy consumption by sources; followed by hazardous solid waste and consumption of non-renewable and scarce materials. According to the experts; these should be the main issues to be considered regarding the environmental sustainability of the outputs of such research and innovation projects. In conclusion; this paper contributes to a better understanding of how to promote a wider integration of environmental sustainability in research and innovation when environmental goals are not initially included.This work was funded by Spanish Agencia Estatal de Investigacion under grants [CSO2016-76828-R and BES-2017-081141]; and the Generalitat Valenciana under grant [AICO/2018/270].Monsonís-Payá, I.; Gómez-Navarro, T.; García-Melón, M. (2020). Anticipating Environmental Burdens in Research and Innovation Projects. Application to the Case of Active and Healthy Ageing. International Journal of Environmental research and Public Health (Online). 17(10):1-21. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph171036001211710Steffen, W., Grinevald, J., Crutzen, P., & McNeill, J. (2011). 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