And it focuses on priorities for tackling Ethiopia’s linked economic and climate-related problems, offering some compelling evidence that improves confidence to invest in greener growth paths. A ‘totally comprehensive’ approach has tended not to work, from the experience of most countries’ earlier national sustainable development strategies, since they were ‘all things to all people’ and hence owned by few (Dalal-Clayton and Bass, 2010). The CRGE’s Green Economy Strategy has a clear focus on GHG emissions reduction, mirroring global attention on the world’s biggest environmental problem - climate change mitigation.