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SUMMARY:Call for WACREN Climate Leadership\, Innovation\, Mentorship & Bri
 dging (CLIMB) Champions
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CONTACT:climet@wacren.net
DESCRIPTION:Call for Climate Champions\nWACREN WACREN Climate Leadership\,
  Innovation\, Mentorship & Bridging (CLIMB) Champions \nThe WACREN Climat
 e Leadership\, Innovation\, Mentorship & Bridging (CLIMB) is a specialised
  community forum that connects doctoral researchers in West and Central Af
 rica to the region's data and computing infrastructure\, and to internatio
 nal platforms where their work can gain visibility and follow-on funding. 
 It launched at the 10th AfriGEO Symposium in Abuja\, with support from the
  European Commission under the AfricaConnect4 project.\nWACREN is now invi
 ting applications to join the network as CLIMB Champions.\nAbout the CLIMB
 \nCLIMB will bring together 60 doctoral fellows\, 20 each in Climate\, Agr
 iculture and Health. Fellows and champions work across borders and discipl
 ines\, and have a voice in how the network is run. It is governed jointly 
 by WACREN\, the Group on Earth Observations (GEO)\, AfriGEO and the West A
 frican Science Service Centre on Climate Change and Adjusted Land Use (WAS
 CAL).\nFellows and champions will benefit from:\n\nShared access to WACREN
 's regional data and computing infrastructure\, including WMO-compliant cl
 imate monitoring\, satellite data access and federated high-performance co
 mputing.\nA cross-border peer community of doctoral researchers across cou
 ntries and disciplines.\nJoint research initiatives with GEO\, AfriGEO and
  WASCAL\, turning real-time climate data into predictive models and decisi
 on-support tools for agriculture\, water resources\, energy and health.\nI
 nternational visibility through WACREN-hosted side events at major forums\
 , starting with COP31 in Antalya in November 2026 and continuing through t
 he GEO Symposium and Plenary cycle.\n\nWho is a CLIMB Champion?\nAt least 
 20 outstanding fellows and workshop alumni will be recognised as CLIMB Cha
 mpions: regional ambassadors for climate data and for research and educati
 on network infrastructure. Champions will:\n\nPromote access to climate da
 ta\, open science and FAIR data practices in their institutions\nConnect l
 ocal research needs to CLIMB and WACREN's regional infrastructure\nTake pa
 rt in the mentorship programme and represent the network at regional and i
 nternational events\nShare and amplify climate research from West and Cent
 ral Africa\n\nWho can apply?\n\nDoctoral researchers working on climate\, 
 agriculture or health in WACREN's member countries\nWASCAL doctoral alumni
 \n\nHow to apply\nSubmit your application through this Indico page by Nove
 mber 30\, 2026. Please include:\n\nShort statement of motivation\nCV\nRese
 arch summary\, discipline (Climate / Agriculture / Health)\, and instituti
 on\nAny other required document\n\n \n\nhttps://indico.wacren.net/event/2
 88/
URL:https://indico.wacren.net/event/288/
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