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Amy Campbell, PhD Candidate, Climate Disaster Economics, SOAS, University of London

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Subarnachar, Noakhali, Bangladesh in May 2019 after Cyclone Fani. Sayed Akber Hoshen/Shutterstock

When a cyclone destroyed Chompa Munda’s home in coastal Bangladesh in 2019, she and her son went days without food. When the next one came in 2024, her phone lit up hours before it made landfall.

A US$43 (£31) transfer was sent straight to her bank account because a weather forecast had crossed an agreed threshold. She bought food, drinking water and candles, and left for a storm shelter.

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