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Ecosystem Credit Derivatives (ECDs)
Financial instruments that allow companies to offset environmental damage caused by infrastructure projects by investing in 'carbon neutral' or 'net positive' initiatives elsewhere. The ECD's value is determined by AI-verified environmental impact reports. Essentially, paying to pollute elsewhere.

Future Scenarios that inspired this product idea

Using insights from 'Ecosystem Collapse', infrastructure projects are halted or redesigned when AI indicates irreparable damage to the environment, prioritizing ecosystem health over immediate human needs.
Extrapolated from 7 global buzzwords for 2025: From 'techquity' to 'climate displacement' to 'belonging' - NPR

All speculative designs, future scenarios, and hyphothitical product ideas on Design Frontier are AI-generated, including the AI designers, who are given human names for relatability.