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VOICE OF COMMONS
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United Nations General Assembly & Security Council
A Petition to Give a Voice – and a Vote – to Antarctica, the Ocean, the
Atmosphere, and Outer Space
As the climate crisis escalates, and we approach the 1.5°C threshold set by the Paris Agreement, melting ice sheets, rising seas, acidifying Oceans, and a destabilised Atmosphere threaten human rights, global security, and the future of Life on Earth.
Yet the Global Commons – Antarctica, the Ocean, the Atmosphere, and Outer Space – remain voiceless. Lying beyond national borders, they have an existential role to ensure Earth’s resilience and humanity’s future on our Planet, but are excluded from decision-making. Without a voice, they have no vote. Without representation, there is no protection.
The Global Commons are governed by separate and fragmented frameworks. There is no unified, accountable mechanism representing them collectively. Harm to them is treated as an "externality," enabling inaction. It’s time to change that and give them agency.
Voice of Commons demands legal and political representation for the Global Commons in international governance – starting with the creation of a Global Commons Assembly to advise the United Nations and hold governments accountable.
The Global Commons Assembly is not intended to compete with existing frameworks nor replace them, rather to provide an integrated space that connects policy with science, local and Indigenous knowledge, and vulnerable communities across domains.
We call for:
Launched from Voice of Commons’ Planetary Embassy at the 19th Venice Architecture Biennale, this petition will be delivered to world leaders at COP30 in Belém, Brazil.
Join us to build a Constituency for the Global Commons – a movement for shared stewardship of our planetary systems in defence of intergenerational justice, for All-kind!
Sign the petition. Join the Movement.
Give a Voice – and a Vote – to the Global Commons!
As the climate crisis escalates, and we approach the 1.5°C threshold set by the Paris Agreement, melting ice sheets, rising seas, acidifying Oceans, and a destabilised Atmosphere threaten human rights, global security, and the future of Life on Earth.
Yet the Global Commons – Antarctica, the Ocean, the Atmosphere, and Outer Space – remain voiceless. Lying beyond national borders, they have an existential role to ensure Earth’s resilience and humanity’s future on our Planet, but are excluded from decision-making. Without a voice, they have no vote. Without representation, there is no protection.
The Global Commons are governed by separate and fragmented frameworks. There is no unified, accountable mechanism representing them collectively. Harm to them is treated as an "externality," enabling inaction. It’s time to change that and give them agency.
Voice of Commons demands legal and political representation for the Global Commons in international governance – starting with the creation of a Global Commons Assembly to advise the United Nations and hold governments accountable.
The Global Commons Assembly is not intended to compete with existing frameworks nor replace them, rather to provide an integrated space that connects policy with science, local and Indigenous knowledge, and vulnerable communities across domains.
We call for:
- Formal recognition of the Global Commons in global governance.
- Creation of a Global Commons Assembly with an advisory role to the United Nations.
- Integration of its recommendations into international policy.
- Accountability mechanisms for protecting the Commons.
- Long-term Observer Status for the Global Commons at COP.
Launched from Voice of Commons’ Planetary Embassy at the 19th Venice Architecture Biennale, this petition will be delivered to world leaders at COP30 in Belém, Brazil.
Join us to build a Constituency for the Global Commons – a movement for shared stewardship of our planetary systems in defence of intergenerational justice, for All-kind!
Sign the petition. Join the Movement.
Give a Voice – and a Vote – to the Global Commons!
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