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How are Ben & Jerry’s fighting climate change?

Ben & Jerry’s are planning to enroll half a million new climate activists via their social mission partner Avaaz.
Ben & Jerry’s are planning to enroll half a million new climate activists via their social mission partner Avaaz. Photograph: Unilever

Ben & Jerry’s is calling for ice-cream fans to join the fight for a 100% clean energy future through the save our swirled climate tour.

The year long campaign, which kicked off on 18 March, aims to inspire people around the world to support the global climate movement by joining international campaigning organisation Avaaz and calling on world leaders to support the transition to 100% clean energy by 2050. This year, Ben & Jerry’s wants to get 500,000 ice-cream fans involved in tackling climate change.

For Ben & Jerry’s, climate change is not just about polar bears and ice sheets, it’s also about people and it’s an issue of economic and social justice. Climate change is a serious threat to the poorest and most vulnerable people on the planet, which has largely been caused by wealthy, developed nations of the global north. Now, the least developed nations of the global south are most at risk and have the least resources to adapt to a rapidly warming world.

Find out more about Ben & Jerry’s work and help Avaaz deliver 3,000,000 signatures on their 100% Clean Power Petition on the eve of a historic climate summit in Paris in December 2015.

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