proving ground

proving ground

An environmental coalition aims to expose the defense industry's role in climate change and its effect on national security and policy through a strategic communication campaign.
Application
Applied on: 18 Apr 2023 12:21 AM
Round: Metacrisis
Approved
User Review
AI Review
A1
Reviewed on 13 Feb 2024 06:18 PM
Projects must be associated with a metacrisis vertical (nuclear disarmament, biosecurity, weaponized drones, grid fragility, biodiversity collapse, etc) and/or horizontal topic area/generator function (multipolar traps, perverse incentives, plausible deniability, etc).
The project 'proving ground' aims to address the metacrisis through a strategic communication campaign on perverse incentives within the defense enterprise. This includes addressing how monopsony in government purchasing can steer national security and geopolitical norms. Their goal to highlight the fiscal insolvency of security apparatus and its impact on anthropogenic climate change aligns with the criteria's emphasis on metacrisis verticals and horizontal topic areas, which in this case involves perverse incentives within a defense context.