Sylvain Maechler
@sylvainmaechler.bsky.social
Postdoctoral researcher at the Geneva Graduate Institute
PhD from University of Lausanne
International political economy & Environmental politics
Green accounting, Biodiversity govervance, Central banks
http://sylvainmaechler.ch/
PhD from University of Lausanne
International political economy & Environmental politics
Green accounting, Biodiversity govervance, Central banks
http://sylvainmaechler.ch/
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November 19, 2025 at 6:43 AM
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November 19, 2025 at 6:43 AM
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Thanks also to @etsingou.bsky.social @mattkranke.bsky.social @jhasselbalch.bsky.social for helpful comments on earlier version. 7/7
Thanks also to @etsingou.bsky.social @mattkranke.bsky.social @jhasselbalch.bsky.social for helpful comments on earlier version. 7/7
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November 19, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Thanks to @uottawa.ca @cepi-cips.bsky.social for their support and providing open-access, and to @gvagrad-ggc.bsky.social
Thanks also to @etsingou.bsky.social @mattkranke.bsky.social @jhasselbalch.bsky.social for helpful comments on earlier version. 7/7
Thanks also to @etsingou.bsky.social @mattkranke.bsky.social @jhasselbalch.bsky.social for helpful comments on earlier version. 7/7
These strategies make institutions appear failure-proof, because they can always show progress: reports, conferences, new metrics, bigger networks.
But they also make them failure-prone, because they distract from the deeper failures of biodiversity governance. 6/7
But they also make them failure-prone, because they distract from the deeper failures of biodiversity governance. 6/7
November 19, 2025 at 6:43 AM
These strategies make institutions appear failure-proof, because they can always show progress: reports, conferences, new metrics, bigger networks.
But they also make them failure-prone, because they distract from the deeper failures of biodiversity governance. 6/7
But they also make them failure-prone, because they distract from the deeper failures of biodiversity governance. 6/7
Displacement happens when the work of creating biodiversity-related indicators and metrics becomes the main activity itself within these institutions. 5/7
November 19, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Displacement happens when the work of creating biodiversity-related indicators and metrics becomes the main activity itself within these institutions. 5/7
To cope with this discomfort, they rely on two strategies: diversion and displacement.
Diversion creates decoy activities that give the impression of progress — what we call governing by showing. 4/7
Diversion creates decoy activities that give the impression of progress — what we call governing by showing. 4/7
November 19, 2025 at 6:43 AM
To cope with this discomfort, they rely on two strategies: diversion and displacement.
Diversion creates decoy activities that give the impression of progress — what we call governing by showing. 4/7
Diversion creates decoy activities that give the impression of progress — what we call governing by showing. 4/7
Drawing on the sociology of expertise, we show how they confront two forms of uncomfortable knowledge in biodiversity governance:
1️⃣ that three decades of efforts to “make biodiversity pay for itself” have largely failed, and
2️⃣ that biodiversity governance continues to fall short of its goals. 3/7
1️⃣ that three decades of efforts to “make biodiversity pay for itself” have largely failed, and
2️⃣ that biodiversity governance continues to fall short of its goals. 3/7
November 19, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Drawing on the sociology of expertise, we show how they confront two forms of uncomfortable knowledge in biodiversity governance:
1️⃣ that three decades of efforts to “make biodiversity pay for itself” have largely failed, and
2️⃣ that biodiversity governance continues to fall short of its goals. 3/7
1️⃣ that three decades of efforts to “make biodiversity pay for itself” have largely failed, and
2️⃣ that biodiversity governance continues to fall short of its goals. 3/7
We examine two recent institutions:
1️⃣ the European Business and Nature Platform, which brings businesses together around “valuing nature”
2️⃣ the Network for Greening the Financial System, a coalition of central banks and financial supervisors measuring the financial risks of biodiversity loss 2/7
1️⃣ the European Business and Nature Platform, which brings businesses together around “valuing nature”
2️⃣ the Network for Greening the Financial System, a coalition of central banks and financial supervisors measuring the financial risks of biodiversity loss 2/7
November 19, 2025 at 6:43 AM
We examine two recent institutions:
1️⃣ the European Business and Nature Platform, which brings businesses together around “valuing nature”
2️⃣ the Network for Greening the Financial System, a coalition of central banks and financial supervisors measuring the financial risks of biodiversity loss 2/7
1️⃣ the European Business and Nature Platform, which brings businesses together around “valuing nature”
2️⃣ the Network for Greening the Financial System, a coalition of central banks and financial supervisors measuring the financial risks of biodiversity loss 2/7
Thank you very much Klaudia, it's super interesting and useful!
March 31, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Thank you very much Klaudia, it's super interesting and useful!
Many thanks to @jacquelinebest.bsky.social, @jcgraz.bsky.social, Anna Leander, and Lucile Maertens for the support!
January 28, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Many thanks to @jacquelinebest.bsky.social, @jcgraz.bsky.social, Anna Leander, and Lucile Maertens for the support!