VOICE OF COMMONS
VOICE OF COMMONS
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Broadcasting from Venice – a city on the climate frontlines – Voice of Commons is a new podcast amplifying the voices of our Global Commons: Antarctica, the Ocean, the Atmosphere, and Outer Space. As we approach the 1.5°C threshold set by the Paris Agreement, destabilised Commons are triggering rising seas, mass displacement, and increasing ecological and geopolitical instability – yet they remain voiceless in global governance. They have no representation, no voice, and no vote in decisions shaping our collective future. Voice of Commons aims to change that.Launched as a Special Project of La Biennale di Venezia and led by architect and activist Giulia Foscari, founder of UNLESS, Voice of Commons challenges existing governance models by building a transdisciplinary platform at the intersection of art, science, policy, and technology. Through conversations hosted by Giulia Foscari with global changemakers – from Sylvia Earle to Christiana Figueres, Johan Rockström, and Kumi Naidoo – the podcast fosters Global Commons literacy, sparks imagination for just and sustainable futures, and calls to action for intergenerational justice.Part of a broader global advocacy initiative, the podcast is joined by the Speak-Up for the Commons campaign – inviting grassroots participation – and a Petition calling for the legal and political recognition of the Commons and the establishment of a Global Commons Assembly.All are catalysed from the Voice of Commons’ Planetary Embassy in Venice, where each day representatives from Indigenous communities, nation-states, or stateless nations take the stage to lend their voices to the Commons – building, together, a planetary Constituency to ensure a safe and operating space on Planet Earth for All-kind.Hosted by Giulia Foscari.Broadcast from the Voice of Commons’ Planetary Embassy, in Venice. Voice of Commons, a project by the agency for change UNLESS.Launched as a Special Project of the 19th Venice Architecture Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia, under the Patronage of UNESCO, with the recognition of The European Space Agency and endorsed by United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development.LISTEN FROM VENICE, FROM ORBIT, AND BEYOND.Sign the Petition voice-of-commons.org/petitionSpeak Up for the Commons by submitting voice-of-commons.org/speakupFor more information voice-of-commons.orgFollow us on IG @una_unlessWrite to us [email protected]</...
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The podcast's central themes revolve around climate justice, the sustainability of Global Commons, and intergenerational equity. Episodes include discussions on urgent topics like the impacts of fossil fuel reliance with Kumi Naidoo, ocean conservation with Sylvia Earle, and planetary boundaries with Johan Rockström, fostering a narrative that emphasizes systemic change needed for a safe future.
Broadcasting from Venice – a city on the climate frontlines – Voice of Commons is a new podcast amplifying the voices of our Global Commons: Antarctica, the Ocean, the Atmosphere, and Outer Space. As we approach the 1.5°C threshold set by the Paris Agreement, destabilised Commons are triggering rising seas, mass displacement, and increasing ecological and geopolitical instability – yet they remain voiceless in global governance. They have no representation, no voice, and no vote in decisions shaping our collective future. Voice of Commons aims to change that.
Launched as a Special Project of La Biennale di Venezia and led by architect and activist Giulia Foscari, founder of UNLESS, Voice of Commons challenges existing governance models by building a transdisciplinary platform at the intersection of art, science, policy, and technology. Through conversations hosted by Giulia Foscari with global changemakers – from Sylvia Earle to Christiana Figueres, Johan Rockström, and Kumi Naidoo – the podcast fosters Global Commons literacy, sparks imagination for just and sustainable futures, and calls to action for intergenerational justice.
Part of a broader global advocacy initiative, the podcast is joined by the Speak-Up for the Commons campaign – inviting grassroots participation – and a Petition calling for the legal and political recognition of the Commons and the establishment of a Global Commons Assembly.
All are catalysed from the Voice of Commons’ Planetary Embassy in Venice, where each day representatives from Indigenous communities, nation-states, or stateless nations take the stage to lend their voices to the Commons – building, together, a planetary Constituency to ensure a safe and operating space on Planet Earth for All-kind.
Hosted by Giulia Foscari.
Broadcast from the Voice of Commons’ Planetary Embassy, in Venice.
Voice of Commons, a project by the agency for change UNLESS.
Launched as a Special Project of the 19th Venice Architecture Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia, under the Patronage of UNESCO, with the recognition of The European Space Agency and endorsed by United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development.
LISTEN FROM VENICE, FROM ORBIT, AND BEYOND.
Sign the Petition voice-of-commons.org/petition
Speak Up for the Commons by submitting voice-of-commons.org/speakup
For more information voice-of-commons.org
Follow us on IG @una_unless
Write to us [email protected]
Send us a Voice Note! https://www.speakpipe.com/voiceofcommons
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What futures are we failing to imagine for Antarctica? In this episode of Voice of Commons, host Giulia Foscari speaks with Klaus Dodds — geopolitical theorist, Antarctic scholar, and Voice of Commons Advisor — about the power of imagination in shaping geopolitics. Together, they explore how political imagination shapes territorial claims, environmental governance, and the legal ambiguity at the heart of the Antarctic Treaty. Recorded after the 47th ATCM in Milan, the episode also addresses marine protection, EU policy gaps, and the shifting geopolitics of the Global Commons. From “blue geopolitics” to plural futures, Dodds calls for new actors, new alliances, and new thinking to meet the planetary challenges ahead. A compelling look at Antarctica as a mirror of global transformation.
Klaus Dodds is a geopolitical theorist. He is Executive Dean and Professor of Geopolitics and at the School of Life Sciences and Environment at Royal Holloway, University of London, and Honorary Fellow of the British Antarctic Survey. Dodds has served as a specialist adviser to the UK Parliament. He has visited the Arctic and Antarctic on many occasions; his latest book, Unfrozen (co-authored with Mia Bennett), will be published by Yale University Press in 2025.
A longstanding advocate for critical geopolitical literacy, Dodds contributed to Antarctic Resolution (edited by Giulia Foscari/UNLESS, Lars Müller Publishers, 2021) and is a member of the Voice of Commons Advisory Council.
He was born at 323 parts per million carbon dioxide in the Atmosphere.
LISTEN FROM VENICE, FROM ORBIT, AND BEYOND.
Sign the Petition voice-of-commons.org/petition
Speak Up for the Commons by submitting voice-of-commons.org/speakup
For more information voice-of-commons.org
Follow us on IG @una_unless
Write to us [email protected]
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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