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Arctic Environmental Impact Fee System
A globally enforced system of fees levied on Arctic shipping and resource extraction based on their environmental impact. The collected fees would fund environmental restoration projects and support Arctic communities.

Future Scenarios that inspired this product idea

By year 4, the Northern Sea Route experiences a significant increase in shipping traffic due to joint infrastructure developments between Russia and China, despite some Western sanctions.
Extrapolated from The US Is Left Out in the Cold as China and Russia Develop Arctic - Nakedcapitalism.com

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