NEWS & UPDATES

WASCAL AND SASSCAL ALUMNI SHARE HOW GRADUATE EDUCATION IS TRANSFORMING CLIMATE LEADERSHIP IN AFRICA

18th May, 2026 By Peace Ahovi The hybrid room came alive with inspiring stories, practical experiences, and powerful reflections as WASCAL and SASSCAL convened a joint webinar on “Advancing African Continue Reading

TRAINING WEST AFRICA’S FUTURE CLIMATE SCIENTISTS AT SEA

10th June 2026 By Peace Ahovi The WASCAL Floating University, a mobile, sea-based training and research initiative conducted aboard the research vessel “FS POLARSTERN”, is transforming climate science education by Continue Reading

WASCAL WINS TOP INNOVATION AWARD FOR CLEAN COOKING TECHNOLOGY AT SOLARDAYS IN TOGO

9th June, 2026 By Peace Ahovi WASCAL Bioenergy laboratory in Togo has the best equipment to combat climate change and improve livelihoods. At the just-ended international trade fair referred to Continue Reading

WASCAL MARKS WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY 2026 WITH HIGH-LEVEL CLIMATE ACTION DIALOGUE AND SYMBOLIC CLIMATE ACTION IN GHANA

5th June 2026 by Peace Ahovi The West African Science Service Centre on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use (WASCAL) commemorated World Environment Day 2026 in a colorful and impactful 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