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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...

Join our session at EGU General Assembly 2026 in Vienna!

by NetCDA | October 23, 2025 | Activities, News | 0 Comments

We are pleased to announce the session ITS4.33/CLO.19: “Strengthening African-European Partnerships for Global Change Research: From Scientific Capacity to Practical Solutions” at the upcoming EGU General Assembly 2026, taking place in Vienna, Austria from 3–8 May...

Rostock researchers support field work in Côte d’Ivoire

by NetCDA | October 17, 2025 | Activities, News | 0 Comments

We are happy to share that the NetCDA team from the University of Rostock has recently returned from an inspiring 10-day mission to Côte d'Ivoire. The main objective of this visit was to accompany a doctoral student's final fieldwork on inselbergs around Korhogo,...

Annual NetCDA Meeting 2025 in Würzburg

by NetCDA | October 16, 2025 | Activities, News | 0 Comments

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...

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...

EORC TALK – Talk at the Earth Observation Research Cluster

Nov 12, 2024 | News, Upcoming events

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

Sep 29, 2024 | Activities, News, Partner presentation

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”

Sep 24, 2024 | News, Upcoming events

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...

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