THE INDEPENDENT GLOBAL STOCKTAKE WEST AFRICA  REGIONAL HUB PROJECT SET TO BE OFFICIALLY LAUNCHED

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 CONVERGE TO DISCUSS SOLUTIONS TO ADAPT TO AND MITIGATE CLIMATE CHANGE THROUGH ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI)

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

RENFORCER LA COOPERATION REGIONALE DANS LA LUTTE CONTRE LE CHANGEMENT CLIMATIQUE : WASCAL ACCUEILLE LA REPUBLIQUE DE GUINEE

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

EXPANDING REGIONAL COOPERATION TO FIGHT CLIMATE CHANGE: WASCAL WELCOMES THE REPUBLIC OF GUINEA

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

WASCAL JOINS WACREN AS THE THIRD PREMIUM ASSOCIATE MEMBER

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

AFRICAN MINISTERS ENGAGE GERMAN PARLIAMENTARIANS IN BID TO INTENSIFY CLIMATE CHANGE PARTNERSHIP

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

WEST AFRICA, SOUTHERN AFRICA AND GERMANY SIGN PACT TO STRENGTHEN CLIMATE & ENERGY PARTNERSHIP

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

CELEBRATING A DECADE OF CLIMATE ACTION: WEST AND SOUTHERN AFRICAN CLIMATE CHANGE MINISTERS TO MEET IN GERMANY

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

WEST AFRICAN SCIENTISTS TO MEET IN OUAGADOUGOU FOR A POST COP27 SCIENCE SYMPOSIUM

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

WASCAL SIGNED AN MOU WITH TWO GERMAN UNIVERSITIES (JULICH & RWTH) FOR JOINT ACTIVITES

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

WRITING THE SUCCESS STORY OF INFORMATICS FOR CLIMATE CHANGE: 2ND BATCH OF WASCAL SCHOLARS GRADUATE

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

BMBF FUNDED HYBDRID WASTE TO ENERGY PROJECT VALUED AT 6.2 MILLION EURO COMMISSIONED

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