"Trade, Environment and Development: The North-South Dimensions" was the topic of the second international conference of the Concerted Action on Trade and Environment (CAT&E). The event was held at the Trippenhuis of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) in Amsterdam on 1-2 November 2004. The conference report, including the programme, summaries of the sessions and a list of participants, is now available for download.

Following the conclusion of the Uruguay Round, the agenda of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) expanded to incorporate a number of environment related issues, such as services, intellectual property rights, and investment related measures. The EU-funded CAT+E project (Concerted Action on Trade and Environment) aims to ensure dialogue and debate between European Research Institutes on these issues. Through a series of international conferences and publications, the CAT+E network analyses the current trade and environment agenda, strengthens co-operation among European Research institutes and identifies needs for further research. Ecologic's CAT+E reports are available for download. The trade and environment policy and research agendas have expanded rapidly in recent years. Following conclusion of the Uruguay Round, the agenda of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) expanded to incorporate a number of environment related issues, such as services, intellectual property rights, or investment related measures. This rapid expansion of the trade and environment agenda has created a major area of research that is attracting researchers in virtually all member states.

Klasing, Anneke und Markus Knigge 2005: Report on Trade, Environment, and European Trade Policy Development (CAT-E). Ecologic, Berlin.

Blobel, Daniel; Markus Knigge and Benjamin Görlach 2005: Report on Trade, Environment, and Sustainability Impact Assessment. Concerted Action on Trade and Environment (CAT&E). Ecologic, Berlin.

Hamada, Ana-Mari und Markus Knigge 2005: Report on Trade, Environment, and Transparency and Participation (CAT-E). Earth University, Ecologic, Berlin.

Tarasofsky, Richard 2005: Report on Trade, Environment, and the WTO Dispute Settlement Mechanism (CAT-E). Chatham House, Ecologic Institute, London, Berlin.

Richard Tarasofsky 2005: Report on Trade, Environment, and Intellectual Property Rights (CAT-E). Ecologic Institute, Berlin.

Knigge, Markus and Caroline Nuffort 2005: Report on Trade, Environment, and Trade in Services (CAT-E). Ecologic Institute, Berlin.

Knigge, Markus 2005: Report on Trade and Multilateral Environmental Agreements (CAT-E). Ecologic Institute, Berlin.