Date de publication : 14/04/2023Date limite de soumission : 10/05/2023 I. Introduction WASCAL (West African Science Service Center for Climate Change and Adapted Land Use) est une organisation internationale dont la mission première est d’améliorer les connaissances techniques scientifiques sur le changement climatique, ses effets et ses interactions avec toutes les disciplines connexes en Afrique Continue Reading
The WASCAL Competence Centre, has built the capacities of more than 100 stakeholders within and outside the WASCAL Research Action Plan Phase 2 (WRAP 2.0) on good and efficient implementation of the projects for the sake of trust and sustainability of resources mobilization. The training was organized on the background of the fact that organizations Continue Reading
The MIGRAWARE Project, one of the six projects under WASCAL Research Action Plan 2.0, financed by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), managed and coordinated by WASCAL has organized a two day workshop in Bobo Dioulasso, on data collection strategies with its partners from top universities and national institutions in Burkina Faso. Continue Reading
WASCAL has paid a courtesy call and congratulated Prof. Souleymane Konate, the immediate past Director of the WASCAL Graduate Studies Programme in Climate Change and Biodiversity at the University Felix Houphouet Boigny, in Cote d’Ivoire. on his new appointment as General Secretary of one of the most prestigious institutions in Africa in terms of research and Continue Reading
As part of its efforts to involve children in combatting Climate Change and improving livelihoods in West Africa, WASCAL invited sixty (60) children from two basic schools (Horizon International and École Paddoue) in Ouagadougou Burkina-Faso to participate in the just ended WASCAL Science Symposium (WASS 2022) held in Ouagadougou. The objective for the children’s participation Continue Reading
On the margin of the WASCAL Science Symposium, The Minister of Higher Education and Research of the Republic of Mali, Prof. Amadou Keita, who is also WASCAL Ministerial Council Chair, has paid a one-day visit to the Competence Centre in Ouagadougou. He was accompanied by Prof. Christoph Röevekamp, Head of Energy and Green Hydrogen Technologies Continue Reading
Context/general introduction While many countries recognize adaptation as an important component of their responses to climate change, little guidance on how to operationalize adaptation goals exists. There is thus a need for science-based adaptation planning, which requires sound climate risk analyses and assessment of potential adaptation strategies. To address this issue, the in-depth studies of Continue Reading
WASCAL, in partnership with the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, (BMBF), has officially launched the Project “Optimizing Solar PV for Green Hydrogen Production in West Africa (PV2H)”, coupled with the BIO2H and bioenergy feasibility studies in Burkina Faso, as part of strategies to contribute to the promotion of the development of green hydrogen Continue Reading
In Africa, people’s access to energy is a real challenge that slows down the economic and social development of countries. This situation is particularly true in West Africa where more than 200 million people representing about 60% of the population do not have access to modern energy services. Most countries have low electrification rates, with Continue Reading
Each year, thousands of households in the city of Ouagadougou are affected with flooding. These recurrent floods are the result of clogged drainage systems in the city. In view of the situation in recent years, the I-CHANGE project, through the West African Living Lab (LLWA) in collaboration with the municipality of Ouagadougou, has organised a Continue Reading
Eleven West African students have successfully graduated from the WASCAL Graduate Studies scholarship programme in Informatics for Climate Change at the University Joseph Ki Zerbo of Ouagadougou. The master’s programme, which was instituted to fill the gap in capacity building for a critical mass of experts with adequate scientific computation and climate data management skills Continue Reading
On 28 and 29 April 2022, around 60 participants addressed the current research status of the six “WRAP2.0” projects and their role for West Africa. The research programme “WRAP2.0” of the WASCAL Science Service Centre is funded by the BMBF. In November 2021, the starting signal was given for six German-African collaborative projects in the Continue Reading