Charlie Gold
charliegold.bsky.social
Charlie Gold
@charliegold.bsky.social
Biodiversity policy at the Natural History Museum London 🌅. Learning and sharing about how the world goes round (and makes us go round too). Born at 366 ppm. He/him.

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Last week, we visited @nhm-london.bsky.social to learn about the museum’s varied work, from biodiversity monitoring to public engagement.

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June 16, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Pleased that @nhm-london.bsky.social's 30by30 policy brief, produced using the Museum's Biodiversity Intactness Index, is now available as part of the High Ambition Coalition's 30x30 Solutions Toolkit! ⚒️

Hopefully of use to all those designing/actioning #30by30 strategies and NBSAPs 🤝
30×30 Solutions Toolkit
The 30×30 Solutions Toolkit is an online toolbox, a curated web resource, providing guidance and information to implement the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework Target 3.
www.30x30.solutions
January 8, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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2024 showed us why immediate action on #climate and nature is essential🌎

It was the hottest year on record. Devastating floods took lives. Blistering heat caused heatstroke and deaths. Wildfires scorched landscapes.

Policymakers need to act ambitiously in 2025👉 buff.ly/3BIFpfu
December 23, 2024 at 4:11 PM
Biodiversity is "essential" to human existence and yet is declining in "all regions of the world", the latest #IPBES global science review declares.

Further proof of the synergies between climate and nature emergencies and the importance of interconnected action...
IPBES report sees climate, nature and food challenges interlinked
A new approach is needed to tackle the interlinked crises afflicting the planet, scientists warn.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 18, 2024 at 9:59 AM
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We are thrilled to announce that it has been agreed that #IPBES12 will take place in the United Kingdom, thanks to the UK’s kind offer to host the Plenary.

Thank you to UK Government, we look forward to launching the #BizBiodiversity Report in the UK.
December 17, 2024 at 9:41 AM
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Mine remediation, communities and microbiology - #NHMLondon is working with partners and local people in the Philippines on the Bio+Mine programme - Biodiversity positive interventions to regenerate a mine site

www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/...
bioplusmine.earth
November 29, 2024 at 11:39 AM
Our recent analysis highlighted the importance of capacity for management and quality assurance - biodiversity intactness within England's protected areas (incl. National Landscapes) was just 32% in 2020...!

If we are to protect nature for 30by30 and beyond, proper prioritisation is essential.
National Landscapes - until recently called AONBs - told to expect 12% cut in budgets from Defra

If the Govt is to meet its 30x30 pledge on nature recovery, there’s no credible route without boosting powers & budgets for National Parks & National Landscapes:

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024...
Defra cuts pose ‘existential threat’ to England’s most beautiful areas
Exclusive: National landscapes’ chiefs say environment secretary has given no budget assurances and they are to expect cuts
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2024 at 5:01 PM
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A Lancet editorial highlights the reality: nature & biodiversity underpin our survival. We must act decisively-75% of emerging diseases stem from disrupted ecosystems. There are ethical/moral arguments for protecting biodiversity. + Nature's health is our health. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Biodiversity loss: a health crisis
The Earth is approaching a critical threshold of irreversible biodiversity loss. World leaders, environmental activists, and prominent researchers are gathered in Colombia for the 16th meeting of the ...
www.thelancet.com
November 25, 2024 at 6:52 PM
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Really interesting from @sarahoconnorft.bsky.social. The public value "protecting the planet" far more than they do "creating green jobs". www.ft.com/content/2d00...
November 26, 2024 at 9:55 AM
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“Experts and scientists are migrating to Bluesky in record numbers.” Welcome if you’re new (and if you’re not, please help by reposting) - here’s a starter pack for the #biodiversity science-policy community:

go.bsky.app/LjV86zg
November 24, 2024 at 6:18 PM
🌍🌳 Today is Nature Day at #COP29!

🦎 Climate and nature are deeply interconnected. We rely on nature to store our carbon and depend on the climate to safeguard our ecological communities.

🏞️ More action is urgently needed to preserve the nature that we all rely on.

Read our recent analysis here:
Towards 30 by 30: balancing nature and people
New analysis reveals that current conservation efforts are not adequately protecting the most critical ecosystem services on which six billion people depend.
www.nhm.ac.uk
November 21, 2024 at 9:35 AM
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🌎🦥Where are we at with linking climate change and biodiversity loss?

#COP16 biodiversity summit ended a week before #COP29 climate summit, although you'd be forgiven for forgetting that as it's barely been mentioned here in Baku

But there are some updates worth noting...
November 19, 2024 at 11:37 AM
In a bumper year of all three COPs (climate, biodiversity, desertification) taking place in quick succession, the need for synergistic action across UN Conventions has never been clearer.

We face not solely a climate nor nature emergency, but an interconnected planetary emergency…
November 20, 2024 at 11:44 AM
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In early Oct, I was a speaker/panellist at the Royal Society's meeting on how ecological risk relates to financial risk. It's all available at royalsociety.org/science-even...; my talk (in which I advance the frontiers of what "15-minute talk" means 😂) is at 1:24 at www.youtube.com/watch?v=Of8K...
How does ecological risk relate to commercial risk? | Royal Society
The Royal Society hosted an event to raise business awareness of the commercial risks they face as a result of ecological risks to their supply chains.
royalsociety.org
November 12, 2024 at 9:41 AM
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Biodiversity declining faster in protected areas - analysis from NHM using Biodiversity Intactness Index looks at the implications for 30by30 conservation measures under discussion at the CBD COP16

NHM link www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/...

Guardian article www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Biodiversity declining even faster in ‘protected’ areas, scientists warn Cop16
Just designating key areas will not meet 30x30 target on nature loss, study says, pointing to oil drilling in parks
www.theguardian.com
October 24, 2024 at 3:40 PM
Hi Bluesky!

I’m Charlie, and I’m part of the Policy Unit at the Natural History Museum, London 🌅

I work with NHM’s amazing scientists and with other orgs to share evidence and insights with policymakers about the natural world 🌳

Still new and exploring on here so pls connect and chat!
November 12, 2024 at 5:01 PM