James Vaccaro
jamesvaccaro.bsky.social
James Vaccaro
@jamesvaccaro.bsky.social
Systems. Strategy. Sustainability. Impact Finance. Business Model Innovation, Climate, Nature, Social Enterprise.

Cambridge Inst. for Sustainable Leadership, Climate Safe Lending, Design Council, GFANZ, TOPO Finance, Volans, Carbon13. www.repattern.org
🎉 Celebrations: Yay for London! Take that New York! The ultimate climate week party is here now... err... not sure that was the victory we were aiming for ?!?

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Reflections on the biggest and hottest London Climate Action Week that I can remember: | James Vaccaro
Reflections on the biggest and hottest London Climate Action Week that I can remember: 🔥 LCAW-blimey it was hot. London’s 28-degrees (or 34-C today) somehow feels hotter than any 28-degrees on the p...
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July 1, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Ocean bottom trawling is not just a bit fishy, it's proper disgusting.

When the amount of bycatch that gets thrown back dead every year is the animal biomass of 9 billion cats 🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛*, it should be an outrage.

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#designforplanet #unoceanconference | James Vaccaro
Ocean bottom trawling is not just a bit fishy, it's proper disgusting. When the amount of bycatch that gets thrown back dead every year is the animal biomass of 9 billion cats 🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛...
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June 10, 2025 at 9:45 AM
You can’t be effective in climate action through lifestyle, business practices or giving, when the financial institutions are using your money to unravel your progress many times over.

There are alternatives. And better ones can be built. www.linkedin.com/posts/james-...
What future are you banking on? Connecting the dots on some articles this… | James Vaccaro
What future are you banking on? Connecting the dots on some articles this week: Firstly reports that a 3-4C world makes the "average person" 40% poorer. Given there is no average person, a...
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April 7, 2025 at 8:42 AM
After 5 years, it’s (still) time to talk about #capital rules.

As part of passing on the legacy of the Climate Safe Lending Network, let’s take one last time to talk about the most taboo of topics: Financial Regulation & Policy.

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#capital #capital | James Vaccaro
After 5 years, it’s (still) time to talk about #capital rules. As part of passing on the legacy of the Climate Safe Lending Network, let’s take one last time…
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March 26, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Net Zero Banking Alliance says a 1.5-degree target is no longer possible.

Banking CEOs in North America have rowed back on transition commitments, showing incredibly feeble leadership.

Many of their own bankers see the coming risks - just as they did before '08.

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James Vaccaro on LinkedIn: #banks #strategy
The Net Zero Banking Alliance acknowledges that the 1.5-degree target is no longer possible. https://lnkd.in/eW4gqzNa The bigger question now for #banks is one…
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March 12, 2025 at 12:28 PM
The carbon emissions for my recent return journey by ferry to The Netherlands were 15kg. Exactly the same weight as my suitcase.🧳

Had I chosen to fly (see this post: lnkd.in/eDdSaYJC) it would have been 290kg.

That’s 19 suitcases!
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February 25, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Reposted by James Vaccaro
AI systems could be ‘caused to suffer’ if consciousness achieved, says research
AI systems could be ‘caused to suffer’ if consciousness achieved, says research
Experts and thinkers signed open letter expressing concern over irresponsible development of technology Artificial intelligence systems capable of feelings or self-awareness are at risk of being harmed if the technology is developed irresponsibly,…
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February 3, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Infinite growth on a finite planet?

Yes it's possible. If you're prepared to sacrifice the living planet - including its human inhabitants- on the altar of growth.

And accept that wealth increasingly becomes more artificial.

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Limits to growth | illuminem
AI challenges the idea of finite growth, suggesting that infinite growth is possible, but at the cost of human relevance in a post-human economy
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February 3, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Are we the leaders we’ve been looking for?

“What could we possibly do?” (I’ve heard this from very senior executives at banks with hundreds of billions, or even trillions, in assets).

You’re not waiting for anyone other than yourself to show up.

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James Vaccaro on LinkedIn: #finance #banking #leadership #davos
Are we the leaders we’ve been looking for? I figured out that over the past few years I’ve engaged with c.3,500 people in the #finance sector, mostly…
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January 27, 2025 at 11:44 AM
The biggest Pump & Dump scheme today isn't #crypto coin crazes, it's the cheerleading for #fossilfuel expansion.
 
#PumpAndDump - pumping short term profits, while dumping the costs on to others - is throwing society under the bus.

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January 20, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Open letter to the US state Attorney Generals who stalled insurers from taking climate seriously in a bid to protect the interests of polluters.

My question: will your intervention turn out be the least popular populist policy in history?

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Dear US State Attorney Generals - RePattern
Insurance was invented to keep people safer. It can't do that without effectively and collectively working on shared systemic crises like climate change.
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January 14, 2025 at 9:26 PM
The $1.3tr dollar question is how whether we pay 4% for climate justice:

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James Vaccaro on LinkedIn: What was agreed at COP29?
It’s time to make some uncomfortable calculations about the 1.3trillion dollar question The gap between $1.3tr and $300bn from #cop29 is significant not just…
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November 26, 2024 at 2:31 PM