Intergovernmental Bodies | NGOs | Academic | Government Agencies

Intergovernmental Bodies

• Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) (Environment Section)
• Codex Alimentarius Commission
• Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) (División de Comercio Internacional y Integración)
• International Organization for Standardization (ISO) (WTO, ISO & World Trade)
  
• North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) Commission on Environmental Cooperation
• Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) (Trade & Environment)
• South Centre
  
• UN Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) (Trade & Environment)
  
• UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) (Trade, Environment & Development Branch)
• UN Economic Commission for Europe
  
• UN Environment Programme (UNEP) (Economics & Trade Unit)
  
• World Bank (Trade & Environmental Standards)
• World Health Organization (WHO) (Globalization section)
  
• World Trade Organization (WTO) (Committee on Trade and Environment)

Relevant Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs)*

For a more comprehensive list of MEAs with trade-related measures, see Annex, WTO document WT/CTE/W/160/Rev.2 (available at http://docsonline.wto.org)

• Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal
  
• Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)
• Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR)
• International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT)
• International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC)
• International Tropical Timber Organisation (ITTO)
• Montreal Protocol on Substances that deplete the Ozone Layer
• Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade (PIC)
• Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)
• UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) (Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety)
• UN Fish Stocks Agreement
• UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) - incl. Kyoto Protocol

Non Governmental Organisations

• African Centre for Technology Studies (ACTS) (TRIPs & Genetic Resources)
• Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA)
• Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (Trade, Equity & Development)
• Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) (Trade Programme)
• Centre for Science and Environment (CSE)
• Centro Ecuatoriano de Derecho Ambiental (CEDA) (Comercio y Medio Ambiente)
• Centro Mexicano de Derecho Ambiental (CEMDA)
• ClimateArk - Climate Change Portal
• Comunidad Andina (Andean Community) (Sustainable Development Strategy)
• Council of Canadians (Trade Campaign)
• Christian Aid (Environment & Sustainable Development Issues)
• Consumer Unity & Trust Society (CUTS) (Centre for International Trade, Economics & Environment (CITEE))
• Consumers International (Trade & Economics)
• Eco-Portal - Environmental Sustainability
• environnement et développement du tiers-monde (enda)
  
• Focus on the Global South (Focus on Trade)
• Forest Conservation Portal
• Foundation for International Law and Development (FIELD) (Trade, Investment & Sustainable Development)
• Friends of the Earth - Europe (FoEE) (Trade, Environment & Sustainability Programme)
• Fundación Futuro Latinoamericano (FFLA) (Comercio y Medio Ambiente)
• Germanwatch
• International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) (Trade & Investment) (IISD Linkages - reporting on trade and investment)
• IUCN - The World Conservation Union (Working Group on Environment, Trade and Investment (GETI)) (Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy (CEESP))
• National Wildlife Federation (NWF) (Trade & Environment)
• Oxfam (Make Trade Fair Campaign) (Fair Trade)
• Solagral (Commerce & Environnement)
• South Asia Watch on Trade, Economics and Environment (SAWTEE)
• Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI)
• Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI) (Trade & Environment)
• Third World Network (TWN)
• Trade Law Centre for Southern Africa (TRALAC)
• Women’s Environmental and Development Organization (WEDO) (Economic & Social Justice)
• Worldwide Fund for Nature International (WWF) (Trade & Investment)

NGO Networks on T&E

• Grupo Zapallar
• Regional International Networking Group (RING)
• Trade Knowledge Network (TKN)

Academic & Think Tank

• Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy
• Harvard Center for International Development (Trade & Environment)
• American University Trade and Environment Database
• University of Manchester Institute for Development Policy & Management (Sustainability Impact Assessment of WTO Multilateral Trade Negotiations)
• Royal Institute of International Affairs (RIIA)

Government Agencies

• Canadian Dept. of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (Trade & Environment) (Initial Environmental Assessment of WTO Negotiations)
• US Trade Representative (Trade & Environment) (Environmental Reviews of Trade Agreements)
• European Commission DG-I (Trade) (Trade & Environment) (Sustainability Impact Assessment) (Civil Society Dialogue)