Membership and structure
CAN West Africa is made up of more than 35 member organizations from 17 countries which speak French, English and Portuguese. In terms of governance, CANWA has a Node Coordinator and nine Thematic Group Leaders. There is also a Core Group composed of the Coordinator and his assistant, and four other members who are all Thematic Group Leaders. CAN WA is coordinated by ENDA Energie based in Senegal.

Areas of work
Climate change Adaptation, Finance, Agriculture, Water Resources, Natural Resources, Capacity Building, REDD+, Green Economy, Technology Transfer, Energy, Mitigation, Gender.

Examples of advocacy (2011-12)
• Pre-workshop for Rio+ 20 in Senegal April 2012
• Participation to National Committees on CC activities
• CAN-West Africa Sub-regional meeting held at Grand Popo Millennium Hotel, Republic, Benin on 26th April 2012 during the Annual meeting of CAN WA and Climate &Development Network
• AMCEN Bamako, 12-16 September, 2011