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 Ms Patricia Appiagye, the Deputy Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, addressing participants in the WASCAL Science Symposium in Accra. Picture: GABRIEL AHIABOR
Ms Patricia Appiagye, the Deputy Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, addressing participants in the WASCAL Science Symposium in Accra. Picture: GABRIEL AHIABOR

Ten West African countries meet over climate change

Member states of WASCAL, the West African Science Service Centre on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use, have converged on Accra to address the scourge of climate change in the sub-region.

The three-day meeting has also brought together policy makers, civil society organisations (CSOs), educational institutions,  non-governmental organisations and research organisations.

It has been designed as a science symposium and the participants will address how to mitigate the effects of climate change in West Africa.

The symposium is on the theme: “Climate and environmental services to reduce vulnerability and improved livelihoods in West Africa: From theory to action”.

WASCAL

 The WASCAL, a research and capacity-building and climate services centre, pursues science-based solutions to the climate change challenges the sub-region is currently confronted with, hence the assemblage of member states to network and explore po

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