Can someone explain and tell me the answer to this

My approach was the pairing strategy but the 2 pairs I made aren’t working

  1. Sanctioning, approving of
  2. commencing, initiating

Those are pairs, but they do not work because the new administration is “maintaining the trajectory” of the previous administration. So continuation of something already started.

The pairs you have are words that mean - starting something, or giving the go ahead to commence something

We’re looking for words that represent continuation of “the transition towards a more sustainable future”

Those words in this question will be
Advancing / Easing