Sascha Oppowa is an Energy Project Director at GIZ, leading the project "Clean, Affordable and Secure Energy for Southeast Asia" (CASE), funded by the German Government. CASE supports energy transitions in Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam, as well as regional energy cooperation, specifically strengthening the ASEAN Power Grid. Since joining GIZ in 2014, Sascha has built extensive expertise in sustainable energy and climate policy. He was part of the German delegation at UNFCCC conferences (2015-2016) and supported Vietnam on implementing the Paris Agreement (2017-2020), focusing on developing bankable sustainable energy projects.