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FEDERAL PRESIDENT STEINMEIER LEARNS ABOUT RESEARCH ON CABO VERDE

International cooperation and the promotion of young talent were the focus of the visit to the West African archipelago. 05.10.2023/Mindelo. During his state visit to Cabo Verde, Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier learned about the joint research of the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel and its partners from Germany and abroad in the region. Continue Reading

WASCAL, AICCRA, AND RUFORUM BUILD CAPACITIES TOWARDS DEVELOPING UNIVERSITY CURRICULA IN CLIMATE-SMART AGRICULTURE AND CLIMATE INFORMATION SERVICESWASCAL, AICCRA, AND RUFORUM BUILD CAPACITIES TOWARDS DEVELOPING UNIVERSITY CURRICULA IN CLIMATE-SMART AGRICULTURE AND CLIMATE INFORMATION SERVICESWASCAL, AICCRA, AND RUFORUM BUILD CAPACITIES TOWARDS DEVELOPING UNIVERSITY CURRICULA IN CLIMATE-SMART AGRICULTURE AND CLIMATE INFORMATION SERVICESWASCAL, AICCRA, AND RUFORUM BUILD CAPACITIES TOWARDS DEVELOPING UNIVERSITY CURRICULA IN CLIMATE-SMART AGRICULTURE AND CLIMATE INFORMATION SERVICES

The Accelerating Impacts of CGIAR Climate Research for Africa (AICCRA), in partnership with the Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM) and the West African Science Service Centre on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use (WASCAL), has ended a three-day capacity building of trainers on building a university curriculum with a specialized focus Continue Reading

REPUBLIC OF GUINEA JOINS WASCAL AS 12^TH MEMBER STATE: SCHOLARSHIP IN CLIMATE CHANGE, MINING ENVIRONMENT, AND FOREST TO COMMENCE SOON

WASCAL has officially welcomed the Republic of Guinea as its 12-member state, as part of its regional integration approach to fighting climate change and improving livelihoods in West Africa. With this, Guinea will be hosting the WASCAL Graduate School Programme doctoral scholarship in Climate Change, Mining Environment, and Forest. At a two-day orientation workshop held Continue Reading

WASCAL MOBILIZES MORE THAN 300 CSOs TO TAKE STOCK OF WEST AFRICAN COUNTRIES’ PROGRESS ON PARIS AGREEMENT

Over 300 Civil Service Societies (CSOs) across West Africa have so far been mobilized to take stock of Governments’ progress on the Paris Agreement based on their nationally determined contributions to climate change. This was revealed by Dr. Kwame Hackman, Project Lead of the Independent Global Stocktake, West African Hub, at the second side event Continue Reading

WHO WE ARE

WASCAL (West African Science Service Centre on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use) is a large-scale research-focused Climate Service Centre designed to help tackle this challenge and thereby enhance the resilience of human and environmental systems to climate change and increased variability. It does so by strengthening the research infrastructure and capacity in West Africa related to climate change and by pooling the expertise of ten West African countries and Germany.

OUR MISSION

To provide information and knowledge at the local, national, and regional levels to its West African member countries to cope with the adverse impacts of climate change and devise integrated mid and long-term options to build up resilient and productive socio-ecological landscapes. We do this through capacity building and environmental services in West Africa