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Call for Applications: WASCAL PhD Scholarship Programme 2025

by NetCDA | December 17, 2024 | News, Upcoming events | 0 Comments

The West African Science Service Centre on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use (WASCAL) is pleased to announce the call for applications for the sixth batch of its PhD Scholarship Programme. Deadline for Applications: January 31, 2025 WASCAL offers fully-funded...

Science Communication Workshops with NetCDA Partners

by NetCDA | November 26, 2024 | Activities, News | 0 Comments

Last Friday, we had the pleasure of hosting a series of workshops on science communication for our NetCDA guests and partners. The sessions were tailored to participants' varying levels of experience, helping them enhance their skills in effectively presenting and...

Annual Meeting in Würzburg

by NetCDA | November 26, 2024 | Activities, News | 0 Comments

On November 21st, 2024, we held the first annual NetCDA project meeting in Würzburg, bringing together our German and West African partners from the West African Science Service Centre on Climate Change and Land Use (WASCAL). Together, we’ve laid the groundwork for...

EORC TALK – Talk at the Earth Observation Research Cluster

by NetCDA | November 12, 2024 | News, Upcoming events | 0 Comments

Climate Change-Related Research and Capacity Development in West Africa Climate change research in West Africa is crucial due to the region's vulnerability to climate-related impacts, such as droughts, floods, and desertification. These environmental changes threaten...

NetCDA at the EO4Africa Symposium

by NetCDA | September 29, 2024 | Activities, News, Partner presentation | 0 Comments

From September 23 until September 26, 2024, the EO4Africa Symposium took place, and NetCDA used this opportunity to present ongoing work to interested symposium attendees. The event was organised by the European Space Agency (ESA) in partnership with the African Union...

World PhD Students and Postdoctoral Researchers Summit “Meeting the challenges of Climate Change 2024”

by NetCDA | September 24, 2024 | News, Upcoming events | 0 Comments

The World PhD Students and Postdoctoral Researchers Summit "Meeting the challenges of Climate Change 2024" on Wednesday 27th November 2024 between 12:30 and 15:10 CET is organised by the International Climate Change Information and Research Programme, the...

Congratulations to Boris Ouattara for a successful PhD defense

by NetCDA | September 20, 2024 | Graduate guest researchers, News | 0 Comments

Blou Adama Boris Ouattara successfully defended his PhD thesis on Landscape fires and its induced emissions in West Africa yesterday (September 19th 2024). Congratulation from the whole Earth Observation Research cluster! Boris Ouattara is an alumni of the former...

New guest researcher at the University of Hohenheim: Moustapha Adéwolé Lawani

by NetCDA | July 24, 2024 | Graduate guest researchers, News | 0 Comments

Moustapha Adéwolé Lawani holds a bachelor's degree in economic science and a master's degree in applied economics from the University of Abomey-Calavi (UAC) in Benin. Since 2021, he has been enrolled in the Doctoral Research Program in climate change economics at the...

Visiting the Climate Service Center Germany (GERICS)

by NetCDA | July 24, 2024 | Activities, News | 0 Comments

On July 11, 2024, five WASCAL doctoral students from Hamburg University of Applied Sciences visited the Climate Service Center Germany (GERICS) in Hamburg as part of the NetCDA project. GERICS is an independent scientific organizational entity of the Helmholtz-Zentrum...

Introduction of the NetCDA partner institutions: University of Bonn

by NetCDA | July 16, 2024 | News, Partner presentation | 0 Comments

Localization of the University of Bonn leading the partnership with the GSP “Climate Change an Agriculture” at IPR Katibougou (Mali) The University of Bonn is located in the former capital of the Federal Republic of Germany. It has been founded in 1818 and is, since...