VOICE OF COMMONS

• The hunger paradox

  What is the vital link between food systems, world hunger and the Atmospheric Commons? In this episode of Voice of Commons, host Giulia Foscari speaks with Martin Frick, Director of the UN World Food Programme’s Global Office in Berlin and co-founder of COPx, about how the systems meant to nourish life are accelerating planetary collapse. With hundreds of millions suffering from extreme food deprivation, this conversation explores how hunger is driven by systemic failures across our Global Commons — from a destabilised Atmosphere to degraded land and collapsing Ocean. Recorded at the Planetary Embassy in Venice, Frick calls for a mandatory global food transformation grounded in regenerative agriculture. A powerful call to rethink governance — and our role as stewards of life.Martin Frick is a climate diplomat and systems thinker. He is a member of the Executive Committee of the Club of Rome, Director of the UN World Food Programme’s Global Office in Berlin, and co-founder of COPx. As Senior Director of UN Climate Change (UNFCCC), he oversaw the implementation of the Paris Agreement and the Secretariat’s global Climate Action work. Frick was the EU’s lead negotiator in the creation of the UN Human Rights Council and later helped establish the UN’s sustainability hub in Bonn. He is a member of the Advisory Council of Voice of Commons, and was born at 324 parts per million carbon dioxide in the Atmosphere.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] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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• Frozen Geopolitics

  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/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] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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• Who Owns Outer Space?

  Space is no longer the untouched frontier we once imagined. Crowded with satellites, threatened by debris, and on the verge of a new era of extraction, outer space faces a crisis of governance.On International Moon Day, Voice of Commons host Giulia Foscari speaks with Michael Byers — Co-Director of the Outer Space Institute and author of Who Owns Outer Space? — to explore the urgent legal and ethical dilemmas shaping the cosmos. Together, they unpack the risks of mega-constellations, uncontrolled rocket re-entries, and the race for lunar resources, while asking: how can international law evolve fast enough to keep space a peaceful and equitable domain?Michael Byers is a world-leading space expert that addresses grand challenges facing the continued use and exploration of space. He is the Co-Director of the Outer Space Institute and holds the Canada Research Chair in Global Politics and International Law at the University of British Columbia. Michael has been a Fellow of Jesus College, Oxford University; Professor of Law at Duke University; Visiting Professor at the universities of Cape Town, Tel Aviv, Nord (Norway) and Novosibirsk (Russia) as well as the Geneva Graduate Institute; and Senior Global Fellow at the University of St Andrews. He is the co-author, with Aaron Boley, of Who Owns Outer Space? International Law, Astrophysics, and the Sustainable Development of Space. Michel Byers was born at 321 parts per million carbon dioxide in the Atmosphere.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] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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• Live from the ATCM

  Who speaks for Antarctica? And what’s at stake when 58 nations meet behind closed doors to decide its future? In this special edition of Voice of Commons, host Giulia Foscari takes you inside the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meetings (ATCM) – the once-a-year forum where the governance of the southernmost continent is shaped by consensus, on behalf of all humanity. Across two weeks of heated plenaries, quiet diplomacy, and unexpected alliances, we capture the pulse of this year’s negotiations. Featuring conversations with delegates from Australia, Belgium, Bulgaria, India, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Turkey, the Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition, and the International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators, this episode reveals the fragile politics of protecting the planet’s last wilderness. The Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting - visit www.ats.aqEvery year the original twelve Parties to the Treaty and those Parties that demonstrate their interest in Antarctica by conducting substantial research activity there - together called the Consultative Parties - meet "for the purpose of exchanging information, consulting together on matters of common interest pertaining to Antarctica, and formulating and considering and recommending to their Governments measures in furtherance of the principles and objectives of the Treaty" (Art. IX). This forum is the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting (ATCM).From 1961 to 1994 the ATCM generally met once every two years, but since 1994 the meetings have occurred annually. The ATCM is hosted by the Consultative Parties according to the alphabetical order of their English names.The meeting consists of representatives of: The Consultative Parties; The Non-Consultative Parties; Observers: currently the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) and the Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programs (COMNAP); and Invited Experts, such as the Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition (ASOC) and the International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators (IAATO).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] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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• Voice of Commons unveiled

  For our 10th episode, Voice of Commons responds to questions from our listeners about the origins of the project and UNLESS. We share a special live conversation held during the vernissage of the Venice Biennale between architects Giulia Foscari and Eva Franch i Gilabert. The dialogue frames the urgency, structure, and ambition of Voice of Commons and explores the project’s multi-scalar planetary mobilisation from high-level advocacy to grassroots participation. They also reflect on the transformation of Scarpa’s 1952 Biennale ticket office into the Planetary Embassy – a space of democratic in-betweenness broadcasting voices from Indigenous communities and the more-than-human world. From political imagination to spatial activism, the dialogue traces how Voice of Commons amplifies unheard voices and catalyzes systemic change. Giulia Foscari is an architect, curator and activist who practised in Asia, the Americas and Europe. She is the founder of UNA/UNLESS. UNLESS is a nonprofit agency for change advocating for the Global Commons; UNA is an international architecture practice. Her work with UNLESS includes Antarctic Resolution, recipient of multiple awards including the European Commission’s S+T+ARTS Grand Prize. With UNLESS, she launched Voice of Commons as a Special Project of the 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale. Giulia has taught at the University of Hong Kong and the Architectural Association in London. She is the author of Elements of Venice and editor of Antarctic Resolution (both Lars Müller Publishers). She previously worked with Rem Koolhaas and Zaha Hadid, and serves on several boards including ASOC. She was born at 338 parts per million of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.Eva Franch i Gilabert is an architect, curator, educator, and researcher, widely known for her radical and visionary approach to architecture, cultural institutions, and public engagement. She is the co-founder of FAST - a new platform for investigation and research in art, architecture and technology; she is also professor at UMPRUM and co-founder of MODEL, Barcelona’s forward-thinking Architecture Festival. She previously served as Director of the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London and as Chief Curator at Storefront for Art and Architecture in New York City. Her diverse practice spans exhibitions, theoretical manifestos and public lectures that challenge entrenched boundaries of design, governance, and spatial politics. Eva is a member of the Voice of Commons Advisory Council. She was born at 335 parts per million carbon dioxide in the Atmosphere.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] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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