Lidiya Kassahun is a Specialist at Clean Energy Works. She has worked on diverse projects, including transport decarbonization, medium-and heavy-duty vehicle electrification, and coordinated international transport coalitions in Africa, Europe, and the United States. Lidiya was a Technical Advisor for the Green People’s Energy project at a German development agency(GIZ), where she collaborated with the Ministry of Energy and Transport to improve electricity distribution in rural communities. While at the World Resources Institute(WRI), Lidiya helped identify strategies to increase electric bus adoption in major East African and Latin American cities. Lidiya holds a Master’s in Development Practice from the Goldman School of Public Policy at UC Berkeley and a B.S. in Geology from Adama Science and Technology University. She is a recipient of the prestigious Joint Japan World Bank Scholarship.