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 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 Continue Reading
BACKGROUND AND RATIONALE Climate change is one the biggest challenges of our time. According to the last IPCC report, our chances of successfully coping with negative impacts of climate change 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 Continue Reading
A two-day Technical West African H2ATLAS workshop was held in Accra, Ghana, to showcase the progress made in the production of the West Africa H2ATLAS and to finalize the Atlas 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 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 Continue Reading
Scientific exchange between Mittweida University of Applied Sciences and African Climate Competence network. Climate conference envisioned in Mittweida. Climate change is not a national problem. It is a problem that 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 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, Continue Reading
The Executive Director of WASCAL, Dr. Moumini Savadogo, has reiterated the organization’s commitment to tackling the issue of the challenges pesticides pose to the campaign against climate change in West Continue Reading
The REPGAM project officials have begun data collection and renewable energy profiling of their beneficiary public institutions as preparatory stages to implement the instillations of free, clean, reliable, and affordable Continue Reading