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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 | 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...
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WASCAL PhD Student Fatou Yattara presents her Preliminary Field Mission Report

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

by | 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...
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NetCDA Partner UNU hosts visit by WASCAL Graduate School Togo

by | 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...
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Hochschule Neubrandenburg visits Partner University in Minna, Nigeria

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

by | 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...
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New publication by WASCAL PhD student

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

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

by | 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...
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Successful NETCDA Meeting in Lomé, Togo

by | 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...
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Annual NetCDA Meeting 2025 in Würzburg

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14–15 October 2025 This year’s NetCDA Annual Meeting took place in Würzburg, bringing together the German partner universities for two days of exchange, reflection, and planning. The meeting provided an opportunity to look back on the supervision and experiences with...

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