The policy component of the EU-funded SwitchMed programme, led by UNEP, aims to develop and implement policies to switch to Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP) and Circular Economy (CE) practices in Lebanon and 7 additional countries across the southern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. Under SwitchMed I in Lebanon UNEP provided advisory services to the Ministry of Environment in the production and endorsement of the Sustainable Consumption and Production National Action Plan (SCP-NAP; SDG 12.1) with a focus on the industrial sector along the Litani Basin and Qaraoun Lake.