New paper in @internatltheory.bsky.social! In 2020-23, nearly every major financial company worldwide was pledging to reach net zero. By 2024-25, many bailed as political backlash ramped up. Why were net-zero norms so weak? In the paper, I argue that companies were caught in a "hype cycle"

International Theory@internatltheory.bsky.social · 3mo ago

#OpenAccess - Hype cycles or norm cascades? Making sense of the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero - https://cup.org/4uk82Wm - @christianelliott.bsky.social #FirstView

Overlap and fragmentation in the global governance complex of sustainable finance, by Stefan Renckens & Christian Elliott

Overlap and fragmentation in the global governance complex of sustainable finance

Global governance initiatives addressing sustainable finance, whether for advancing climate risk disclosure or defining green bond standards, have proliferated for over 20 years. Emblematic of a la...

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New open-access paper out (with Valérie Boisvert) in @econsocjournal.bsky.social , as part of this great special issue! Read it here: shorturl.at/L2Ui8 Core question: If conventional accounting is a growth infrastructure, then what exactly are the different forms of green accounting? A short 🧵 1/7

Fixing the ecological crisis: The promises and pitfalls of green accounting infrastructures

Accounting was designed to facilitate economic growth and, as such, tends to reinforce dynamics that are harmful to the environment. Promoted today as a corrective, green accounting is often portra...

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Matthias Kranke@mattkranke.bsky.social · 7mo ago

📣 Publication alert Just before the break, a special issue co-edited with Malcolm Campbell-Verduyn on ‘(Post-)Growth Infrastructures’ was published in @econsocjournal.bsky.social. /1 👉 www.tandfonline.com/toc/reso20/5...

'Failure-proof or failure-prone? The paradoxes of global biodiversity institutions' 🌳 Review of International Studies article & video abstract by Sylvain Maechler co-authored w/ Jacqueline Best 🎉 Read and watch here! 👉 https://ow.ly/2jmh50XBOSk Environment and Climate Politics Working Group

Why do global environmental institutions multiply and persist even when they seem unable to address biodiversity loss and environmental governance failures effectively? Our new OA article with @jacquelinebest.bsky.social in @risjnl.bsky.social tries to answer this question. 1/7 cup.org/4hZNlcX

New report out now with @granthamlse.bsky.social CETEx: "A framework for central banks navigating political uncertainty in the transition" cetex.org/publications...

A framework for central banks navigating political uncertainty in the transition - CETEx

This report recommends three principles for coping with the political uncertainty faced by central bankers.

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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 · 12mo ago

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...

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! shorturl.at/fMnIH

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...

👇Same here👆

Philipp Golka@pgolka.bsky.social · last yr.

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 🤩🤩

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

Philipp Golka@pgolka.bsky.social · last yr.

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!

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...

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

Jacqueline Best@jacquelinebest.bsky.social · last yr.

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....

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...

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 · last yr.

📚✨ 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....

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

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

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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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...

CIPS / CÉPI@cepi-cips.bsky.social · last yr.

📢New blog by @sylvainmaechler.bsky.social ae - The Rise of Nature-Related Risk and the Climatization of Biodiversity 🦋How far can we standardize nature without losing crucial aspects along the way?... 🔗https://bit.ly/4hEJMrN

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 · last yr.

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

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

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 · 2y ago

➡️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

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

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

A great opportunity to bring back this article I published last year in @gepjournal.bsky.social direct.mit.edu/glep/article...

Valuing Nature to Save It? The Centrality of Valuation in the New Spirit of Conservation

Abstract. For thirty years, advocates of the economic valuation of nature have been claiming that it contributes to making the ecological crisis more tangible. The valuation framing fosters a shared v...

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Hetan Shah@hetanshah.bsky.social · 2y ago

‘unaccounted-for costs [relating to biodiversity] from current business practices were between $10tn and $25tn annually, equivalent to a quarter of global GDP’ on.ft.com/3VLsnVw

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

Sylvain Maechler@sylvainmaechler.bsky.social · 3y ago

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

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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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 · 3y ago

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

Very happy to see our article in RIPE pedagogical section published with @jcgraz.bsky.social JM Chenou & C Urrego-Sandoval! We propose concrete way to globalize IPE teaching in the classroom through student-led activities. 🧵 👇 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....