The Accelerating Impacts of CGIAR Climate Research for Africa (AICCRA), in partnership with the Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM) and the West African Science Service Centre on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use (WASCAL), has ended a three-day capacity building of trainers on building a university curriculum with a specialized focus Continue Reading
WASCAL has officially welcomed the Republic of Guinea as its 12-member state, as part of its regional integration approach to fighting climate change and improving livelihoods in West Africa. With this, Guinea will be hosting the WASCAL Graduate School Programme doctoral scholarship in Climate Change, Mining Environment, and Forest. At a two-day orientation workshop held Continue Reading
Over 300 Civil Service Societies (CSOs) across West Africa have so far been mobilized to take stock of Governments’ progress on the Paris Agreement based on their nationally determined contributions to climate change. This was revealed by Dr. Kwame Hackman, Project Lead of the Independent Global Stocktake, West African Hub, at the second side event Continue Reading
Senior Scientist at WASCAL and regional thematic coordinator on Rural-Urban and Cross Border Migration, Dr. Safietou Sanfo has made a strong case for the role of the civil society, including non-governmental organizations and community-based groups, in building awareness, community engagement, empowerment, capacity, and accountability at the local, national, and regional levels as well as acting Continue Reading
We are excited to invite stakeholders from diverse climate-related organizations to become valued and active members of the West Africa Regional Hub (WA Hub) of the Independent Global Stocktake (iGST). The West Africa Regional Hub of the Independent Global Stocktake (iGST) is an initiative aimed at fostering collaboration and empowering civil society organizations, NGOs, youth, Continue Reading
ACCRA. Experts of the Rural-Urban Migration and Cross Border Migration in West Africa (MIGRAWARE), a research initiative under the West African Science Service Centre on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use (WASCAL), in partnership with the Federal Ministry of Education and Research, Germany (BMBF), and other German and West African partners have called on West Continue Reading
ACCRA, Ghana: In response to Africa’s vulnerability to the threats and risks of disaster, which undermines the development and safety of the continent, the United Nation’s Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), in partnership with its Network of Centres of Excellence is building capacities of Africans to enable them to tackle the issue through the Continue Reading
DEADLINE: 30-06-2023 The West African Science Service Centre on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use, WASCAL intends to tender for the supply of laptops. WASCAL office Accra, now invites tenderers to submit, free of charge without the obligation on the part of WASCAL, a tender based on the following specification and conditions. Tenders should be Continue Reading
The Independent Global Stocktake (IGST), West Africa has been launched in Ouagadougou. After a successful organization of six (6) national workshops across West Africa, to co-design the roadmap of the operationalization of the West African regional hub in the last three months, members of the iGST West Africa Regional Hub have met in in Ouagadougou Continue Reading
Accra, Ghana WASCAL has donated four (4) automatic water level sensors and one (1) water quality sensor to the Water Research Institute in Accra. This contribution aims to address the challenges of hydrological data availability and collection in the West African region and facilitate research, capacity building, and service development in the face of Climate Continue Reading
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