“WASCAL strongly believes in the potential of women. This is evident in the numerous and equal opportunities we have given women over the years. Fighting climate change within the sub-region demands a holistic approach. In the end women are hit hard by the hazardous effects of climate change. Leaving them out during the decision-making process creates a big vacuum in the whole efforts to combating climate change and improving livelihoods. So, on this day of International Women’s Day, we want to congratulate all the women in West Africa, particularly those in Climate Change. He further emphasized.

The reinforcement of integrating gender into climate change initiatives with the adoption of the first Gender Action Plan (GAP) 2017, are referred to as Parties. The Conference of Parties (COP) organized by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) seeks to advance women’s full, equal and meaningful participation, and to promote gender-responsive climate policy.

Miss Alberta Aryee is a beneficiary scholar of the WASCAL Climate Change and Human Security run in partnership with the University of Lomé, Togo. On this august day, “I wish all women who are making strides to fight climate change from small holder farmers to scientists and lecturers all the best. I say “congratulations”! Let us continue to concentrate our efforts in climate change to attain sustainable development in Africa and the World at large.”

The West African Science Service Centre on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use (WASCAL) under the sponsorship of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) is pleased to announce application for its Doctoral and Master’s Research Programmes in all its eleven (11) West African partner universities.

WASCAL is a wholly West African international organization with focus on academic and transdisciplinary research, building graduate-level scientific capacity and serving policy makers in West Africa with science-based advice on adaptation to climate change impacts and land use management. It cooperates with many agencies and universities in the region, providing a knowledge platform of excellence for its partners. WASCAL is funded by BMBF, multilateral and bilateral partners and its 11 West African member countries, namely: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, The Gambia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal and Togo.

WASCAL’s mission is to provide information and knowledge services at the local, national and regional levels to West African member countries to cope with the adverse impacts of climate change. We do this through capacity building support to young West African scholars in fields of climate, natural and social sciences and by delivering climate and environmental services in member countries.

Please, find links to the various Universities below;

1.University d’ Abommey Calavi, Benin

Weblink: https://www.wascal.org/graduate-programmes/climate-change-and-water-resources/

2.University of Cheikh Anta Diop, Senegal

Weblink: https://www.wascal.org/graduate-programmes/climate-change-economics/

3. Université des Sciences, des Techniques et des Technologies de Bamako (USTTB) – Mali; Institut Polytechnique Rural de Formation et de Recherche Appliquée (IPR/IFRA)Mali and Cape Cost (Ghana)

Weblink: https://www.wascal.org/graduate-programmes/climate-change-and-agriculture/

4. University Felix Houphouet Boigny, Cote d’Ivoire

Weblink: https://www.wascal.org/graduate-programmes/climate-change-and-biodiversity/

5. University of Lome, Togo

Weblink: https://www.wascal.org/graduate-programmes/climate-change-and-disaster-risks-management/

6. University Abdou Moumouni, Niger

Weblink: https://www.wascal.org/graduate-programmes/climate-change-and-energy/

7.Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi Accra

Weblink: https://www.wascal.org/graduate-programmes/climate-change-and-land-use/

8. Federal University of Technology Akure, Nigeria (FUTA) Nigeria

Weblink: https://www.wascal.org/graduate-programmes/west-african-climate-systems/

9. Federal University of Technology, Minna, Nigeria (FUTMinna), Nigeria

Website: https://www.wascal.org/graduate-programmes/climate-change-and-human-habitat/

10. University of Cape Verde

Weblink: https://www.wascal.org/graduate-programmes/climate-change-and-marine-sciences/

11. University of Ouagadougou 1 Pr. Joseph Ki-Zerbo Ouagadougou

Weblink: https://www.wascal.org/graduate-programmes/informatics-for-climate-change/

12. University of the Gambia

Weblink: https://www.wascal.org/graduate-programmes/climate-change-and-education/