As India faces increasingly dangerous heatwaves, a new type of insurance is offering relief to vulnerable workers. Under a ‘parametric insurance’ model, payouts are automatically triggered when temperatures cross a certain threshold — allowing workers to stay home without losing all their income. In Western India’s Ahmedabad, thousands of women have joined the scheme, which aims to protect low-income families from the growing impact of climate change and extreme heat.
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