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Sylvain Maechler @sylvainmaechler.bsky.social · Aug 22

Looking great!
Really excited for the panel I’m organising on biodiversity finance, featuring great papers by Klaudia Prodani @kprodani.bsky.social , Maud Borie, Roelien van der Wel, and co-authors like Natascha van der Zwan @nataschavanderzwan.bsky.social

Amin Samman @aminsamman.bsky.social · Aug 22

Very pleased to announce the full programme for this year's Finance and Society conference, which will take place on 11-12 September at Copenhagen Business School. Registration now open to the public. Come join us!
@finandsoc.bsky.social financeandsocietynetwork.org/prog-finands...

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Sylvain Maechler @sylvainmaechler.bsky.social · Jun 2

After 1.5 fantastic years in Ottawa @cepi-cips.bsky.social with @jacquelinebest.bsky.social, I’m excited to continue my postdoc in Switzerland at @gvagrad-ggc.bsky.social, pursuing my research on the int. political economy of green finance & teaching global environmental politics!

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Monica DiLeo @monicadileo.bsky.social · May 30

New (open access!) paper out now with Eric Helleiner and Hongying Wang in New Political Economy:

"A less reluctant (green) Atlas? Explaining the People’s Bank of China’s distinctive environmental shift"

1/ A brief thread 🧵

doi.org/10.1080/1356...

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Valentina Ausserladscheider @vapunkt.bsky.social · May 8

👇Same here👆

Philipp Golka @pgolka.bsky.social · May 8

Could not be more excited for part I of our workshop on the socio-economics of loss and decline happening @mpifg.bsky.social today and tomorrow, with @vapunkt.bsky.social & @trgn.bsky.social!

So many amazing presentations from brilliant colleagues 🤩🤩

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Sylvain Maechler @sylvainmaechler.bsky.social · Apr 23

Looking forward to participating and presenting our paper with @christianelliott.bsky.social on nature risk scenarios!

Philipp Golka @pgolka.bsky.social · Apr 22

We just finalized the program for our PDW for our SER special issue on the Socio-Economics of Loss and Decline in the Climate Crisis.

Super excited that this is actually happening very soon, together with @vapunkt.bsky.social, @trgn.bsky.social and this amazing crowd of scholars!

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Environmental Politics @environmentalpol.bsky.social · Apr 1

New article!

This review surveys the state of knowledge regarding central bank activity on climate change, and argues that there is considerable indeterminacy in the trajectory of this activity & its potential to contribute to effective climate action.

doi.org/10.1080/0964...

Authors: Jacqueline Best, Matthew Paterson, Ilias Alami, Daniel Bailey, Sarah Bracking, Jeremy Green, Eric Helleiner, James Jackson, Paul Langley, Sylvain Maechler, John Morris, Stine Quorning, Adrienne Roberts, Jens van’t Klooster, Robert Watt and Stanley Wilshire.
Abstract: In this article, we survey the literature on central bank action on climate change, focusing particularly on how the combined crises of COVID-19, inflation, and Ukraine have affected this action. We argue that the current situation is a critical juncture in which recent crises have created a highly indeterminate situation regarding what central banks might do regarding climate change. To date, some central banks have used these crises as opportunities for expanding their role while others have succumbed to pressure to withdraw from climate action. We explore three dynamics that generate this openness to various potential trajectories for climate action...

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Sylvain Maechler @sylvainmaechler.bsky.social · Mar 31

I’m thrilled to see this article published with a fantastic group of scholars!

Jacqueline Best @jacquelinebest.bsky.social · Mar 28

What role can central banks play in addressing climate change today? In our just-published article, we argue that we are at a critical juncture in which the future is highly indeterminate. Written with @matpaterson.bsky.social + 14 other amazing scholars /1
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Climate change governance by central banks in an era of interlocking crises

In this article, we survey the literature on central bank action on climate change, focusing particularly on how the combined crises of COVID-19, inflation, and Ukraine have affected this action. W...

www.tandfonline.com

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Sylvain Maechler @sylvainmaechler.bsky.social · Mar 31

Thank you very much Klaudia, it's super interesting and useful!

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Ryan Katz-Rosene, PhD @ryankatzrosene.bsky.social · Mar 26

Huzzah! My latest book is now published! It offers an introduction to the contemporary debate about the relationship between growth and environmental sustainability. I have a few free copies I can send students and ECRs - if you want to enter the draw, reply with 🙋🙋‍♀️🙋🏻‍♂️

elgaronline.com/view/book/97...

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Jens van 't Klooster 💸💸💸 @jvtk.bsky.social · Mar 13

A quick summary 🧵 !

🌍🌍🌍 @kprodani.bsky.social and I make two new claims, provocatively stated: (i) Quantifying climate transition risk is easy, biodiversity is not (ii) The most recent regulatory strategies entirely escape the "risk-based approach" said to dominate prudential policy. /1

Jens van 't Klooster 💸💸💸 @jvtk.bsky.social · Mar 12

📚✨ New paper alert: How are we doing on turning nature into a source of calculable risk?

We take a critical look at how 1990s risk models and environmental science enable riskification, and study very new regulatory strategies that go beyond it.

#openaccess:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Sylvain Maechler @sylvainmaechler.bsky.social · Mar 1

For early birds at the @isanet.bsky.social Chicago, come tomorrow morning for our presentation on Biodiversity Scenarios and Climate’s (Un)Learned Lessons with @christianelliott.bsky.social
Other great papers including from @krdgnydn.bsky.social

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Will Yeates @wyeates.bsky.social · Feb 25

Most conservation funds go to large vertebrates at expense of ‘neglected’ species

Study shows funding bias towards animals like rhino while other endangered species including amphibians and algae disregarded

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Sylvain Maechler @sylvainmaechler.bsky.social · Feb 18

I wrote a short summary of my presentation last week on nature-related risk and biodiversity finance @uottawa.bsky.social
Have a look!

www.cips-cepi.ca/2025/02/18/t...

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Kardelen Günaydin @krdgnydn.bsky.social · Feb 11

A week prior to Trump's inauguration the Federal Reserve quit the Network for Greening the Financial System, the NGFS. I wrote about what the NGFS is and what they promote within the green central banking debates for PPE Sydney.

Adam David Morton @morton.bsky.social · Feb 10

Fabulous to welcome @krdgnydn.bsky.social as a new author on Progress in Political Economy (PPE) — banking on climate change?
www.ppesydney.net/green-centra...
@clairerhiannon.bsky.social

Green central banking - Progress in Political Economy (PPE)

Climate crisis and environmental degradation is an undeniable reality for most central banks around the world. What does the most recent central bank coalition, the Network for Greening the Financial ...

www.ppesydney.net

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Sylvain Maechler @sylvainmaechler.bsky.social · Jan 28

Many thanks to @jacquelinebest.bsky.social, @jcgraz.bsky.social, Anna Leander, and Lucile Maertens for the support!

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Sylvain Maechler @sylvainmaechler.bsky.social · Jan 28

I’m thrilled to share this news from the latest Research Bulletin that my @snsf-ch.bsky.social postdoc return grant has been accepted! I’ll be staying for a year from June 2025 at the @gvagrad.bsky.social Global Governance Centre to continue my work on central banks & global environmental governance

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Sylvain Maechler @sylvainmaechler.bsky.social · Jan 21

Excited to share my latest research on the emergence of nature-related risks in finance and their impact on global biodiversity governance at the University of Ottawa in two weeks!

CIPS / CÉPI @cepi-cips.bsky.social · Jan 21

➡️The Rise of Nature-Related Risks and the Climatization of Biodiversity
Featuring @sylvainmaechler.bsky.social, CIPS Postdoctoral Fellow

Moderated by @jacquelinebest.bsky.social

Learn more >>> bit.ly/3PJGlUh

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Jacqueline Best @jacquelinebest.bsky.social · Jan 20

I’m very excited to have this open access article out in @ripejournal.bsky.social ! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Christian Elliott @christianelliott.bsky.social · Jan 12

Building a starter pack on climate change and finance.

It's limited to who I know is on bluesky—help me fill in the gaps!

go.bsky.app/8XqqNtg

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Sylvain Maechler @sylvainmaechler.bsky.social · Jan 9

A great opportunity to bring back this article I published last year in @gepjournal.bsky.social

direct.mit.edu/glep/article...

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Sylvain Maechler @sylvainmaechler.bsky.social · Nov 28

I just added this article to our shared Drive a few days ago! Looking forward to discussing it.

Sylvain Maechler @sylvainmaechler.bsky.social · Nov 22

And it has now secured a permanent home in Volume 30, Issue 4, December 2024 of @ejir.bsky.social !

Sylvain Maechler @sylvainmaechler.bsky.social · Feb 2

Fantastic to see this out! In our O/A article with
@jcgraz.bsky.social in @ejir.bsky.social, we draw on Frank Knight’s analysis to explain how international actors claim reliable knowledge for shaping future states of the world in times of crisis. A short 🧵 1/9

EJIR @ejir.bsky.social · Jan 30

While the term ‘polycrisis' has gained currency to define the world we live in, how do international actors face uncertainty in times of crisis?

Read about it in @sylvainmaechler.bsky.social and @jcgraz.bsky.social ‘s new EJIR article: t1p.de/yvt6w

Sylvain Maechler @sylvainmaechler.bsky.social · Nov 20

Congratulations!

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Sylvain Maechler @sylvainmaechler.bsky.social · Nov 11

With Biodiversity COP 16 far behind and Climate COP 29 now underway, here’s a good summary of the former: shorturl.at/I6iPu.
Loved this reported quote: “In 2010, they killed the idea of biodiversity credits. Nobody thought they would come back like a zombie.”

COP16: Key outcomes agreed at the UN biodiversity conference in Cali, Colombia - Carbon Brief

The COP16 biodiversity summit came to an abrupt halt after countries failed to reach consensus...

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Sylvain Maechler @sylvainmaechler.bsky.social · Feb 2

As we explain, “decisions and actions in times of ecological crisis must be taken, but given the situation of true uncertainty, they must be taken through the exercise of judgement, as well as with ‘prudence and humility’ (Knight, 1921: 375).” 9/9

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