BY BENEDICTA GYIMAAH FOLLEY, GHANAIAN TIME
The West African Science Service Centre on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use (WASCAL) on Wednesday gave an update on its major achievements in reducing the negative impacts of climate change in West Africa.
It sought to also create a platform for advancing discussions on the contribution of climate and environmental services.
The WASCAL is a large-scale research-focused climate service Centre designed to help tackle climate challenge and thereby enhance the resilience of human and environmental systems to climate change and increased variability.
Funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), the centre provides research institutions, universities, NGOs, government agencies and enterprises from across West Africa with an opportunity to display and present their works in the field of climate change and environmental issues.
Professor Rene Haak, a representative of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research, Germany, said the Centre had the capacity to pursue science-based solutions to climate-related challenges in the sub-region. Read more…
