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 2), 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 8 (Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all)58 introduces a social qualifier to the kind of economic growth to be achieved.