Policy coherence, green growth and sustainable development

Attaining the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) will require building synergies across economic, social and environmental policies, as well as pursuing multiple policy objectives in a coherent manner. Green growth, which pursues environmental goals simultaneously with growth and development, will be a fundamental component of national strategies to achieve the SDGs. This chapter considers relevant lessons learned from the challenges facing countries in the transition to green growth. It first provides a general overview of the core actions and policies involved in aligning economic and environmental objectives and implementing green growth policy frameworks, then considers two priority areas in further detail: (1) aligning policies for the transition to a low carbon economy and (2) aligning social and labour policies in pursuit of green growth.