NEWS & UPDATES

WASCAL ANNOUNCES 14 INNOVATIVE PROJECTS SELECTED UNDER WISE.

ACCRA, GHANA – 19 August 2026 – WASCAL has selected 14 youth-led projects from seven West African countries under the first edition of its Innovative Ideas Competition for Sustainable Energy Continue Reading

WASCAL CELEBRATES €6.88 MILLION HORIZON EUROPE SUCCESS WITH RAIN4AFRICA PROJECT TO STRENGTHEN RAINFALL FORECASTING ACROSS WEST AFRICA

RAIN4AFRICA proposal recommended for EU funding with an outstanding evaluation score of 14.5/15 ACCRA, GHANA- 14 August 2026- A consortium of 13 African and international partners has been recommended for Continue Reading

SUCCESSFUL PHD DEFENSE HIGHLIGHTS THE ROLE OF GREEN SPACES IN CLIMATE RESILIENCE

27th July, 2026 By Peace Ahovi WASCAL celebrates the successful PhD thesis defense of Dr. Mamadou Ibrahim, a Batch 4 doctoral candidate of the Graduate Studies Programme in Climate Change Continue Reading

WASCAL SUPPORTS VALIDATION AND SUSTAINABLE LAND MANAGEMENT INNOVATIONS IN GHANA

24th July, 2026 By Peace Ahovi WASCAL has successfully concluded a series of final validation and exit workshops for the DecLaRe, COINS, and INTERFACES regional projects in Tamale, Ghana, reinforcing Continue Reading

WHO WE ARE

The West African Science Service Centre on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use (WASCAL) is a West African intergovernmental organization, headquartered in Accra, Ghana with a current membership of 13 countries: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, Cote d’Ivoire, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo.

We provide comprehensive climate change solutions, through capacity building, research and innovation, climate and environmental services, as well as the promotion of green hydrogen and renewable energy.

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