NEWS & UPDATES

INTENSIFYING SUPPORT FOR WOMEN LEADING CLIMATE ACTION IN WEST AFRICA

As we mark International Women’s Day, we are reminded of the profound role women play in shaping our world, including their leadership in addressing climate change. Women are not just Continue Reading

WASCAL DONATES €450,000 CLEANING EQUIPMENT TO SONABEL TO IMPROVE THE EFFICIENCY OF BURKINA-FASO’s SOLAR POWER PLANT

Burkina Faso’s Zagtouli Solar Power Plant, a flagship project in the country’s energy transition, has received advanced cleaning equipment worth €450,000 from WASCAL under the PV2H project. The equipment was Continue Reading

WASCAL ANNOUNCES CALL FOR APPLICATIONS FOR ITS 2025/2026 SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMMES IN CLIMATE CHANGE

Accra, Ghana – December 13, 2024: The West African Science Service Centre on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use (WASCAL) has officially launched its call for applications for its PhD Continue Reading

TRANSLATING SCIENCE INTO POLICY: WASCAL AND GERICS HOST KEY DIALOGUE ON CLIMATE SERVICES FOR AFRICA

WASCAL, in partnership with GERICS, has ended a two-day Science-Policy Dialogue in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, aimed at addressing one of the most pressing challenges in climate action, how to integrate 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