NEWS & UPDATES

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

WASCAL COMMITS TO ADVANCING GREEN HYDROGEN AT ECOWAS SUSTAINABLE ENERGY FORUM 2024

WASCAL reaffirmed its commitment to driving a sustainable energy future during the ECOWAS Sustainable Energy Forum (ESEF 2024), held in Abidjan under the theme “Towards a Just Energy Transition in Continue Reading

INTERNATIONAL STOCKTAKING CONFERENCE ON CLIMATE SERVICES FOR RISK REDUCTION IN AFRICA: STAKEHOLDERS BUILD COOPERATION IN BANJUL

Climate Change stakeholders have met at the International Stocktaking Conference on Climate Services for Risk Reduction in Africa in response to climate-related challenges facing Africa. Organised by the Climate Services 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