West and Southern Africa ministers, responsible for climate change and higher education will be meeting in Berlin, Germany from February 21-22, under the invitation and auspices of the Federal German Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), as part of activities to climax the decade celebrations of the West African Science Service on Climate Change and 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
A delegation from the German Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) led by the Head of Unit, Global Change and Climate Research, BMBF, Dr. Karsten Hess has paid a working visit to the President of the ECOWAS Commission, H.E. Dr. Omar Alieu Touray, on January 17, 2023 at the ECOWAS Commission Headquarters in Abuja, Nigeria. Continue Reading
Arona Diedhiou, spécialiste du système climatique africain et directeur de recherche à l’IRD au sein de l’Institut des géosciences de l’environnement (IGE), a été nommé membre de l’interface sciences-politique (le SPI) de la Convention des Nations unies sur la lutte contre la désertification (UNCCD). Actuellement en poste à Félix HOUPHOUET-BOIGNY en Côte d’Ivoire, Arona Didhiou a 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
GOVERNMENT OF BURKINA FASO READY TO WORK WITH RESOLUTIONS FROM WASCAL SCIENCE SYMPOSIUM TO MEET NDCs
The Minister of Higher Education, Research and Innovation of Burkina Faso, Prof. Adjima Thombiano has stated that the government of Burkina Faso looked forward to receiving the resolutions and any other results from the just-ended WASCAL Science Symposium, worth implementing by the government of Burkina Faso, as part of its efforts to realize the Nationally Continue Reading
WASCAL has organized the second edition of its Science Symposium, in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, under the theme: ‘’ Research, Innovation, and capacity building to combat climate change and improve livelihoods in West Africa. This year’s Symposium took place under the chairmanship of the Honorable minister of Higher Education and Research of the Republic of Mali, 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
WASCAL Science Symposium 2022 kicks off in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso with some 300 scientists and non ‐scientists from West Africa and beyond physically and virtually.#WASS#wascalsciencesolution#wascaldecade
As part of its efforts to contribute to increasing the resilience of human and environmental systems to climate change, and to reduce vulnerability, WASCAL will be engaging global actors in the use of novelty technologies such as Artificial Intelligence(AI) which is perceived as a tool designed for the adoption and promotion of the delivery of Continue Reading
The West African Science Service Centre on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use (WASCAL) in partnership with its German partners, the RWTH AACHEN University, and Julich GmbH, through the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) signed an MoU to have joint activities including but not be limited to the exchange of students and Continue Reading
WASCAL and delegates from the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) have participated in this years’ ECOWAS Sustainable Energy Forum (ESEF), which took place in Abuja, Nigeria, under the patronage of His Excellency the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari. The two-day Forum was rich in experience and knowledge sharing, Continue Reading