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In Common Home Conversations, you will hear from leading global experts on how the proposal of recognizing the existence of an Intangible Global Common without borders–the Earth System - can change our relationship with our planet. The Common Home of Humanity proposes an ambitious new global pact for the environment. This proposal's cascading effects could be systemic and will assuredly produce huge impacts on international relations, economics, and open the doors to restoring a well-functioning Earth System. Common Home Conversations is the place to discuss a new social contract between society, economy, and the Earth System.

Inge Relph, Co-Founder and Executive Director of Global Choices:
When you reflect on how important it is, in terms of global climate stability, I mean, it's just an indispensable cooling system for the whole globe. And when you reflect on the impacts of the loss of the Arctic, it makes so much sense to reframe it as a global commons. Because it is as important as the atmosphere, as the oceans, and you could argue that yes, of course, Sami would be affected by the loss of the Arctic. But actually, a Samoan would be even more affected. Because as the Greenland ice sheets melt, we change the climate and the circulatory patterns down to Antarctica, and we start having ice melt from the Antarctic and sea-level rise, those Islands– small island states, the Caribbean States, and coastal regions– will be massively affected. I mean, the Samoans will be underwater. So, we're seeing a reframing.