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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...

Four ERASMUS+ Students from Africa Join the EAGLE Master Programme at the University of Würzburg During the Winter Term

Jan 30, 2025 | Activities, News

This winter semester, the University of Würzburg had the pleasure of welcoming two students from each of its esteemed African partner universities—North-West University in South Africa and Koforidua Technical University in Ghana—through the ERASMUS+ KA171 program....

Last Year’s WASCAL Guest Scientists at the University of Würzburg Prepare to Defend Their Theses

Jan 28, 2025 | Graduate guest researchers, News

The WASCAL guest scientists who visited the University of Würzburg last year are currently preparing to defend their doctoral theses. In this context, the university is actively participating in the preparatory seminars at the WASCAL graduate schools. The University...

Effect of Aquatic Plants on Water Quality in the Lower Volta Basin, Ghana – a presentation by Dr. Linda Appiah Boamah

Jan 22, 2025 | News, Upcoming events

On January 22, 2025, the Earth Observation Research Cluster in Würzburg welcomed Dr. Linda Appiah Boamah from the Technical University of Koforidua, Ghana. She presented her research on the “Effect of Aquatic Plants on Water Quality of the Lower Volta Basin, Ghana"....

Call for Applications: WASCAL PhD Scholarship Programme 2025

Dec 17, 2024 | News, Upcoming events

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

Nov 26, 2024 | Activities, News

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

Nov 26, 2024 | Activities, News

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...

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