We have called these Ethiopian initiatives ‘glimpses’ of a green economy: they are isolated examples from a growing range of experiences in different sectors - some representing established broad-based policies, others newly-initiated pilot projects, but they could be improved and increased in number given the right conditions and sufficient incentives. These ‘glimpses’ offer a good basis to pursue some elements of green growth. However, unless real incentives for programmatic change can be provided to both consumers and producers in the country, real impacts on the economy and on environment will be minimal. The CRGE offers the potential to provide incentives beyond the project level to encourage programmatic and systematic changes that offer an alternative development path to suit particular Ethiopian circumstances.