despite growing recognition of the need for policy coherence and transformative change green economy approaches often fail to achieve integration and can perpetuate inequalities by prioritizing economic and environmental over social aspects if social policies implemented in response to adaptation pressures are to be transformative chapter they need to be part of a policy package that tackles the root causes of development models that are unsustainable with regard to environmental impacts and climate change in a similar vein sdg promote sustained inclusive and sustainable economic growth full and productive employment and decent work for all introduces a social qualifier to the kind of economic growth to be achieved