West African Science Service Centre on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use

The West African Science Service Centre on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use (WASCAL) is a research, capacity-building and climate-services institution focused on West Africa. Its stated mission is to combat climate change and improve livelihoods, and its work spans graduate training, climate and environmental services, data management, renewable energy and green hydrogen, and applied research and innovation. WASCAL operates as a regional competence centre with a data management division and a data infrastructure (WADI), and it maintains a graduate studies programme covering climate change and renewable energies and green hydrogen, alongside seminars and an alumni network. WASCAL's activities are organised around several pillars. Its Competence Centre provides climate and environmental services, data services and basin-level research, and hosts projects in renewable energy coordination, capacity building and the PPEDMAS programme. Its Capacity Building work includes the Graduate Studies Programme, seminars and alumni engagement. Its project portfolio includes green hydrogen, renewable energy coordination, competence centre projects and capacity building projects. The organisation also publishes reports, newsletters and documents, and maintains an investment gallery and a news and events section. WASCAL presents itself as a partnership-based institution, listing partners, board members, a management team and SAC members among its governance and stakeholder groups, and it publishes legal documents. Its public communications are bilingual in English and French, reflecting its West African and wider regional reach. Recent activity highlighted on its website includes engagement with regional water stakeholders at FREAO 2026, a new path for climate and sustainable development solutions forged with 2iE, and meetings with the Government of Benin to co-organise the 2027 I3CJET in Benin. It has also issued a request for proposals for a private operator or consortium to operate a waste-to-energy site in Gyankobaa, Kumasi, Ghana, with a deadline extended to 10 October 2026. WASCAL is headquartered in Accra, Ghana, and is described in structured data as a facility in Accra, Ghana. Its operating scope is regional, with activities and partnerships across West Africa and collaboration with European partners such as Germany. The organisation's work is oriented toward climate adaptation, land use, environmental data and renewable energy, positioning it as a science-service bridge between research, policy and livelihoods in the region.

The West African Science Service Centre on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use (WASCAL) is a regional institution whose public identity is built around combating climate change and improving livelihoods in West Africa. Its website presents the organisation through a set of institutional sections: Who We Are (Our Story, Our Impacts, Our Partners, Board Members, Our Management Team, SAC Members, Legal Documents), Capacity Building (Graduate Studies Programme, Climate Change, Renewable Energies & Green Hydrogen, Seminars, Alumni), Competence Centre (About Competence Centre, Data Management Department, About Data Management Division (DMD), WASCAL Data Infrastructure (WADI), Data Services, WASCAL Basins), Research & Innovations (Climate & Environmental Services, CICLES, Other Services), Projects (Green Hydrogen, Renewable Energy Coordination Projects, Competence Centre Projects, Capacity Building Projects, PPEDMAS), and News & Resources (Blog, News, Our Events, Investment Gallery, Reports & Newsletters, Documents, Vacancies, Contact). This structure reflects an organisation that combines research, training, data services and project implementation. WASCAL's capacity-building arm includes a Graduate Studies Programme with tracks related to climate change and to renewable energies and green hydrogen, supported by seminars and an alumni network. Its Competence Centre houses a Data Management Department and the WASCAL Data Infrastructure (WADI), and provides data services and basin-level work under the WASCAL Basins heading. Its research and innovation activities include climate and environmental services, CICLES and other services. Its project portfolio covers green hydrogen, renewable energy coordination, competence centre projects, capacity building projects and PPEDMAS. The organisation communicates bilingually in English and French, consistent with its West African regional scope. Its governance and stakeholder structure includes partners, board members, a management team and SAC members, and it publishes legal documents. Structured data describes WASCAL as a facility in Accra, Ghana, which aligns with its headquarters location in Accra. Recent public activity on WASCAL's website includes engagement with regional water stakeholders at FREAO 2026 (September 2026), a collaboration with 2iE described as forging a new path for climate and sustainable development solutions (September 2026), and meetings with the Government of Benin to co-organise the 2027 I3CJET in Benin (September 2026). WASCAL has also issued a Request for Proposal (RFP) for a private operator or a consortium for the operation of a waste-to-energy site in Gyankobaa, Kumasi, Ghana, with the deadline extended to 10 October 2026. These items illustrate an institution active in convening stakeholders, forming partnerships and supporting climate- and energy-related infrastructure and events.

• WASCAL meets with the Government of Benin to co-organise the 2027 I3CJET in Benin

• WASCAL and 2iE forge a new path for climate and sustainable development solutions

• WASCAL engages regional water stakeholders at FREAO 2026

• Request for Proposal (RFP) issued for a private operator or consortium to operate a waste-to-energy site in Gyankobaa, Kumasi, Ghana, with deadline extended to 10 October 2026

A regional West African science service centre bridging climate research, data, capacity building and renewable energy to combat climate change and improve livelihoods.

• Graduate Studies Programme

  Graduate training programme with tracks in Climate Change and in Renewable Energies & Green Hydrogen, supported by seminars and an alumni network.

• Climate & Environmental Services

  Services under WASCAL's Research & Innovations portfolio, alongside CICLES and other services.

• WASCAL Data Infrastructure (WADI)

  Data infrastructure operated under the Competence Centre's Data Management Division, supporting data services and WASCAL Basins work.

• Green Hydrogen projects

  Projects in WASCAL's portfolio focused on green hydrogen.

• Renewable Energy Coordination Projects

  Projects coordinating renewable energy activities within WASCAL's portfolio.

• PPEDMAS

  A programme listed among WASCAL's projects.

1. 1WASCAL – Combating Climate Change. Improving Livelihoodswascal.org
2. 2Our Story – WASCALwascal.org
3. 3ABOUT COMPETENCE CENTRE – WASCALwascal.org
4. 4Climate & Environmental Services – WASCALwascal.org
5. 5West African Science Service Centre on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use – Wikidatawikidata.org