{"id":16294,"date":"2025-03-01T17:02:58","date_gmt":"2025-03-01T12:02:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/?p=16294"},"modified":"2025-03-01T17:17:21","modified_gmt":"2025-03-01T12:17:21","slug":"uk-funded-climate-monitoring-tower","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/2025\/03\/01\/uk-funded-climate-monitoring-tower\/","title":{"rendered":"UK-funded climate monitoring tower launched in Chakwal to boost Pakistan\u2019s climate resilience"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>UK-funded climate monitoring tower launched in Chakwal to boost Pakistan\u2019s climate resilience<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>ISLAMABAD: \u00a0\u00a0The International Water Management Institute (IWMI) has inaugurated an Eddy Covariance Flux Tower at the Barani Agricultural Research Institute (BARI) in Chakwal, Punjab.<\/p>\n<p>The tower, built under the UK-government-funded \u201cWater Resource Accountability in Pakistan\u201d (WRAP) program, aims to enhance Pakistan\u2019s ability to measure crucial environmental parameters, such as temperature, rainfall, and agricultural data, essential for adapting to climate change\u2019s impacts.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16298\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16298\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-16298\" src=\"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/03\/Climate-Booster-300x162.jpeg\" alt=\"Climate Booster\" width=\"300\" height=\"162\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/03\/Climate-Booster-300x162.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/03\/Climate-Booster-768x415.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/03\/Climate-Booster.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16298\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Climate Booster<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The inauguration ceremony was attended by Ms. Anna Balance, Senior Climate Advisor at the Foreign, Commonwealth &amp; Development Office (FCDO); Dr. Mohsin Hafeez, Global Director of Water, Food, and Ecosystems at IWMI; and Ms. Nimra Zaheer, Group Head at the FCDO.<\/p>\n<p>Anna Balance emphasized the importance of cutting-edge technology in driving progress in the agricultural sector. \u201cThe FCDO is committed to increasing knowledge dissemination to ensure maximum awareness and drive meaningful change across communities in Pakistan,\u201d she stated.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Mohsin Hafeez highlighted the benefits of the flux tower, which will provide reliable and precise information to farmers, researchers, and local irrigation officers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFarmers will also benefit from advanced alerts and tailored advice on crop cultivation, risks, and protective measures,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The flux tower is part of a broader initiative to strengthen Pakistan\u2019s climate resilience, supported by the UK government.<\/p>\n<p>The project aims to improve the country\u2019s ability to measure and manage its water resources, reducing the risks associated with climate change.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Source: APP<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UK-funded climate monitoring tower launched in Chakwal to boost Pakistan\u2019s climate resilience ISLAMABAD: \u00a0\u00a0The International Water Management Institute (IWMI) has inaugurated an Eddy Covariance Flux Tower at the Barani Agricultural Research Institute (BARI) in Chakwal, Punjab. The tower, built under the UK-government-funded \u201cWater Resource Accountability in Pakistan\u201d (WRAP) program, aims to enhance Pakistan\u2019s ability to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":16295,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,2297,2298],"tags":[3377,2791,3376],"class_list":["post-16294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-climate-change","category-latest-news","category-pakistan","tag-chakwal","tag-climate-change","tag-climate-resilience"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16294","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16294"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16294\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16300,"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16294\/revisions\/16300"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}