Progress on Sustainable Consumption and Production in the Arab Region: Comprehensive baseline assessment of regional, sub-regional and national progress and challenges for achieving SCP and the SDGs

This report aims to provide a useful background report on progress, trends, challenges and leading practice on SCP in the Arab region to inform discussions at the 5th Roundtable Meeting on SCP. The objectives are:

To provide a progress report on regional implementation of the 10YFP, the Arab Regional Strategy for Sustainable Consumption and Production (ARSSCP) as well as the SCP-related targets of the SDGs.
To assess progress on a broad range of SCP indicators at the regional, sub-regional and national levels.
To assess and compare national progress on SCP for each Arab country including progress, challenges and gaps for achieving selected 2030 SDG targets related to SCP.
To provide conclusions and recommendations to enhance alignment and implementation of SCP and the SDGs in the region.