NEWS & UPDATES

WASCAL BUILDING CAPACITIES FOR WELL-QUALIFIED PROFESSIONALS IN GREEN HYDROGEN

Mrs. Oda Keppler, Head of Sub-division Sustainability from the Federal Ministry of Education and Research, Germany (BMBF) has stated that for green hydrogen to be a success, the sector needs well-qualified professionals and that the selection of the WASCAL first batch of green hydrogen scholars in West Africa was a step in the right direction, Continue Reading

AFRICAN SCIENTISTS CONVERGE TO DISCUSS SOLUTIONS TO ADAPT TO AND MITIGATE CLIMATE CHANGE THROUGH ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI)

African scientists under the umbrella of the “Responsible Artificial Intelligence Network for Climate Action in Africa (RAINCA)” met in Kampala, Uganda, from 3 to 5 April 2023. The meeting was an Orientation programme for Principal Investigators (PIs) of the grantees of the RAINCA initiative for the implementation of independent research projects in different sectors such Continue Reading

59 FULLY FUNDED GREEN HYDROGEN SCHOLARS FROM WEST AFRICA, ARRIVE IN GERMANY ON A 4-MONTH STUDY

Fifty-Nine students from 15 West African countries who benefitted from the WASCAL fully funded scholarship in the international master’s programme in energy and green hydrogen are currently going through a series of orientations in the Federal Republic of Germany as they begin their four-month practical work and thesis completion at Julich, RWTH Aachen University and Continue Reading

RENFORCER LA COOPERATION REGIONALE DANS LA LUTTE CONTRE LE CHANGEMENT CLIMATIQUE : WASCAL ACCUEILLE LA REPUBLIQUE DE GUINEE

Communiqué de presse La République de Guinée est devenue officiellement membre de la fraternité WASCAL ; cette adhésion s’inscrit dans le cadre des efforts d’expansion de l’organisation en vue de couvrir l’ensemble des États d’Afrique de l’Ouest et de consolider son approche d’intégration régionale en matière de lutte contre le changement climatique et d’amélioration des Continue Reading

WHO WE ARE

WASCAL (West African Science Service Centre on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use) is a large-scale research-focused Climate Service Centre designed to help tackle this challenge and thereby enhance the resilience of human and environmental systems to climate change and increased variability. It does so by strengthening the research infrastructure and capacity in West Africa related to climate change and by pooling the expertise of ten West African countries and Germany.

OUR MISSION

To provide information and knowledge at the local, national, and regional levels to its West African member countries to cope with the adverse impacts of climate change and devise integrated mid and long-term options to build up resilient and productive socio-ecological landscapes. We do this through capacity building and environmental services in West Africa