These guidelines show how national governments can plan, develop, implement and monitor a national programme on sustainable consumption and production (SCP). This is a flexible approach to SCP programme development which will be adapted to local circumstances. The guidelines are also useful to countries that already have a SCP programme but are keen to improve and sustain the process. Also contains nine case studies that illustrate how governments are implementing SCP programmes all over the world: Argentina, Czech Republic, Ethiopia, Finland, Jamaica, Japan, Senegal, Thailand and the United Kingdom.