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WASCAL CALLS FOR STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS AT COP31 TO SCALE CLIMATE AND ENERGY SOLUTIONS IN WEST AFRICA

Accra, 4 November 2026-The West African Science Service Centre on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use (WASCAL) will join the global climate community at the 31st Conference of the Parties Continue Reading

WASCAL APPOINTS DR. SEYNI SALACK AS DIRECTOR OF ITS COMPETENCE CENTRE

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, 29 October 2026 -WASCAL is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Seyni Salack as Director of the WASCAL Competence Centre, effective 1 November 2026. Dr. Salack Continue Reading

𝗪𝗔𝗦𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗣𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗡𝗘𝗥𝗦 𝗦𝗘𝗖𝗨𝗥𝗘 €𝟮 𝗠𝗜𝗟𝗟𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗧𝗢 𝗛𝗘𝗟𝗣 𝗙𝗔𝗥𝗠𝗘𝗥𝗦 𝗕𝗨𝗜𝗟𝗗 𝗖𝗟𝗜𝗠𝗔𝗧𝗘 𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗜𝗟𝗜𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗘 𝗜𝗡 𝗪𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗔𝗙𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗔.

DAS-Clim selected among four research projects funded under the CS4RRA joint call Accra, Ghana- 28 October 2026- WASCAL and five partner institutions from West Africa and Europe have been awarded Continue Reading

𝗪𝗔𝗦𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗘𝗡𝗚𝗔𝗚𝗘𝗦 𝗚𝗜𝗭 𝗔𝗛𝗘𝗔𝗗 𝗢𝗙 𝗝𝗢𝗜𝗡𝗧 𝗛𝗜𝗚𝗛-𝗟𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗟 𝗠𝗜𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗧𝗢 𝗚𝗘𝗥𝗠𝗔𝗡𝗬

27th October, 2026 By Peace Ahovi WASCAL has paid a courtesy call on Dr. Sandra Retzer, Country Director of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH in Ghana, to 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 advance climate science, strengthen resilience, and support evidence-based policy making for the sustainable development of West Africa through research, innovation, capacity building and demanddriven climate and environmental services.