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Call for Papers: 5th African Symposium on Climate Change Adaptation, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 18–19 February 2027

by NetCDA | August 14, 2026 | News, Upcoming events | 0 Comments

NetCDA Project Partner HAW Hamburg is pleased to invite you to participate in the 5th African Symposium on Climate Change Adaptation, which will take place on 18–19 February 2027 at Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. As Africa continues to experience...

WASCAL PhD Student Fatou Yattara presents her Preliminary Field Mission Report

by NetCDA | August 11, 2026 | Activities, Graduate guest researchers, News | 0 Comments

Fatoumata Yattara is a WASCAL scholar at KNUST (Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology) in Kumasi, Ghana. As part of her doctoral thesis and in preparation for a main household survey scheduled for September 2026, Fatou conducted a preliminary field...

Building Climate Expertise in West Africa: Learning at Sea aboard the POLARSTERN

by NetCDA | May 28, 2026 | News, uncategorized | 0 Comments

Photo: Courtesy of @Edson Silva Delgado, GEOMAR Full article: Forschung für Nachhaltigkeit (FONA) – FONA West Africa is among the regions most severely affected by climate change. Coastal erosion, prolonged droughts, marine heatwaves, and declining fish stocks are...

NetCDA Partner UNU hosts visit by WASCAL Graduate School Togo

by NetCDA | April 30, 2026 | Activities | 0 Comments

In April the NetCDA partners from the UNU Bonn (UNU-EHS & UNU-ViE) had the pleasure of hosting a series of meetings and workshops with colleagues from WASCAL GSPTogo. The research of the WASCAL doctoral students at the University in Lomé is focussed on Climate...

Hochschule Neubrandenburg visits Partner University in Minna, Nigeria

by NetCDA | April 20, 2026 | Activities, News | 0 Comments

In October 2025, Elke Mertens and Ralf Löwner from the NetCDA partner Neubrandenburg University of Applied Sciences visited their partner university, the Federal University of Technology Minna. The visit took place from October 19 to November 1, 2025, and focused on...

New Open Access Paper on Climate Change and Food Production in Africa

by NetCDA | March 13, 2026 | Activities | 0 Comments

Frequency of prominent climate hazards causing losses and damages in food production as reported in the literature, by African regions (Filho et al. 2026). A new open-access publication first-authored by a NETCDA member from the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences...

New publication by WASCAL PhD student

by NetCDA | February 16, 2026 | Activities, News | 0 Comments

The open access paper “Reforming African Universities for Climate Action” has been published in Sustainability Science and was co-authored by a NetCDA/WASCAL doctoral student. The study analyzes how African universities are responding to climate change, focusing on...

NetCDA at KNUST: Applied Remote Sensing Training with WASCAL PhD Candidates

by NetCDA | January 30, 2026 | Activities, News | 0 Comments

The NetCDA team is back at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in Kumasi, Ghana, contributing to the WASCAL Graduate School on Climate Change and Land Use. Over two intensive weeks, NetCDA colleagues Dr. Michael Thiel and Lilly Schell...

Open Call: Knowledge Transfer Grants to Support Sustainable Food Systems in Africa & Europe

by NetCDA | January 24, 2026 | News, Upcoming events | 0 Comments

The STREAMING initiative (funded by Horizon Europe) has launched an open call for Knowledge Transfer Grants aimed at supporting digital training solutions that help translate research into practical skills for stakeholders across Africa and Europe. Up to 11 projects...

Successful NETCDA Meeting in Lomé, Togo

by NetCDA | January 8, 2026 | Activities, News | 0 Comments

From 9–11 December 2025, the NETCDA network convened at the WASCAL Centre in Lomé, Togo for a productive and forward-looking meeting. Representatives from the German partner universities and African partner institutions joined the discussions, alongside a...

New Open Access Publication on Climate Change Education and Malaria

Jul 21, 2025 | uncategorized

We’re pleased to share a new open-access publication by NetCDA members in the Journal Critical Public Health: “Climate change, education, and malaria at African universities: a scoping review to assess education provision on the effects of climate change on malaria in...

Congratulations to Dr. Afua Amponsah Amankwah on her succesful PhD Defense

Jul 21, 2025 | uncategorized

We are pleased to share that Dr. Afua Amponsah Amankwah successfully defended her PhD thesis on 27th June 2025. Dr. Amankwah was a scholar in the WASCAL Doctoral Programme on Climate Change and Biodiversity at Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny (Abidjan, Côte...

Adapting to Extreme Weather in West African Cities – New Publication by Wascal Student

Jun 30, 2025 | Activities, News

A recent publication by WASCAL doctoral researcher Aliou Gadiaga examines how urban residents in Abuja (Nigeria) and Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso) respond to the impacts of climate change. The study, focuses on household-level adaptation and mitigation strategies related...

Upcoming Webinar: “Climate Services Explained – Benefits, Challenges, and Solutions”

Jun 5, 2025 | uncategorized

Join WASCAL on June 12 at 3pm CEST for expert insights on the role of climate services in resilience and decision-making. Full details available in the flyer below:...

Field Visit to the Lamto Research Station of Côte d’Ivoire by NetCDA members

May 19, 2025 | Activities, News

Two of the Univeristy Würzburg NetCDA members (Dr. Michael Thiel, Dr. Insa Otte) had the opportunity to visit the Lamto Research Station, located in the forest–savanna transition zone of central Côte d’Ivoire. Established in the 1960s, Lamto is one of West...

Strengthening Scientific Networks in Côte d’Ivoire

May 19, 2025 | Activities, News

Last week, two of our NetCDA members (Dr. Insa Otte and Dr. Michael Thiel) from the University of Würzburg had the opportunity to visit several research institutions in Côte d’Ivoire—both in Abidjan and at the Lamto Ecological Research Station. During this visit, they...

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