Press Release The West African civil society can contribute to the Global Stocktake (GST) process of the Paris Agreement as non-Party stakeholder through the Independent Global Stocktake. Indeed, as part of global efforts to ensure adequate civil society contribution to the GST, the iGST works through a consortium of regional civil society hubs and four thematic working groups on Continue Reading
African scientists under the umbrella of the “Responsible Artificial Intelligence Network for Climate Action in Africa (RAINCA)” met in Kampala, Uganda, from 3 to 5 April 2023. The meeting was an Orientation programme for Principal Investigators (PIs) of the grantees of the RAINCA initiative for the implementation of independent research projects in different sectors such Continue Reading
Communiqué de presse La République de Guinée est devenue officiellement membre de la fraternité WASCAL ; cette adhésion s’inscrit dans le cadre des efforts d’expansion de l’organisation en vue de couvrir l’ensemble des États d’Afrique de l’Ouest et de consolider son approche d’intégration régionale en matière de lutte contre le changement climatique et d’amélioration des Continue Reading
Press Release The Republic of Guinea has officially joined the WASCAL fraternity as part of the organization’s expansion efforts to cover all the West African States to intensify its regional integration approach to combating climate change and improving livelihoods. The announcement was made by the presidency of the republic through its Minister of Higher education. Continue Reading
The West African Science Service Centre on Climate Change and Adapted Land use (WASCAL) is the newest member of the West and Central African Research and Education Network (WACREN). As a premium associate member, WASCAL will actively participate in WACREN activities and benefit from its services. Receiving WASCAL into membership, the Chief Executive Officer of Continue Reading
West and Southern Africa Ministers responsible for Climate Change have visited the German Bundestag (The German Parliament), in Berlin, as part of a two-day inter-ministerial meeting to round off a decade of climate partnership between Africa and Germany through the West African Science Service Centre on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use (WASCAL) and the Continue Reading
BERLIN: Southern and West African Climate Change Ministers have signed a “Joint Declaration” with the Federal Government of Germany, to further strengthen the climate and energy partnership for the Southern African Science Service Centre for Climate Change Adaptive Land Management (SASSCAL), West African Science Service Centre on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use (WASCAL) and Continue Reading
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
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso- WASCAL is organizing the Science Symposium 2022 under the theme ‘’ Research, Innovation, and Capacity Building to combat Climate Change and improve livelihoods in West Africa. The opening ceremony is under the chairmanship of the Minister of Higher Education, Research and Innovation of Burkina Faso, Prof. Adjima Thiombiano and will be declared 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
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
The Pilot Hybrid Waste to Energy Project valued at 6.2 million euros, with funding from the German government through the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) has been commissioned by the President of the Republic Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa- Akufo Addo at a ceremony held at Gyankobaa Atwima Nwabiagya in the Ashanti Region. Speaking Continue Reading