NEWS & UPDATES

STRENGTHENING STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN WASCAL AND UCC

January 12, 2026 WASCAL hosted a courtesy visit from the Acting Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cape Coast (UCC), Professor Denis Worlanyo Aheto, accompanied by Professor Peter Appiah Obeng, Dean Continue Reading

A BOLD SCIENTIFIC ROADMAP FOR GLOBAL CLIMATE ACTION EMERGES FROM COP30

Ouagadougou, December 16, 2025 By Peace Ahovi WASCAL is reinforcing its position as a leading global climate science and innovation institution following the unveiling of its 2026–2030 Strategic Plan at Continue Reading

CHAMPIONING CLIMATE RESILIENCE ACROSS WEST AFRICA ON GHANA’S FARMERS’ DAY 2025

December 5, 2025, WASCAL By Peace Ahovi As Ghana celebrates Farmers’ Day 2025, WASCAL honours the vital role of farmers whose dedication sustains the nation and fuels its development. Despite Continue Reading

WASCAL AND BARANI BOOST NIGERIA’S CLIMATE MONITORING WITH ADVANCED IOT WEATHER STATION DONATION

WASCAL, in partnership with BARANI Design Technologies, has strengthened Nigeria’s climate monitoring network and has donated an advanced Internet of Things (IoT) enabled automatic weather station to the Nigerian Meteorological 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