How does Live 8 fit in?
Twenty years ago, concerts to raise money to help those dying of starvation in Africa were held in London and Philadelphia. The concerts, Live Aid, were organised by Bob Geldof, the man behind the Feed the World charity record. This year, Geldof is organising another huge concert, but this time he is not asking viewers to phone in and pledge money. Instead, the concert is designed to raise awareness of the global problems created by poverty, and to put pressure on the G8 leaders to drop the debt and increase aid to Africa. Live 8 is only one of the events designed to bring the Make Poverty History campaign to the attention of the public. Others include a demonstration in Edinburgh and a massive email campaign targeted at Tony Blair. The agenda: climate change Most commentators agree that the climate of the world is changing: over the next 100 years, the world’s temperatures are set to rise because of the amount of polluting greenhouse gases we are producing every year. As temperatures
