Bob Geldof: We are setting ourselves up for self-annihilation

The greatest threat to our planet is our belief that somebody else will save it. If we do not act now, then it will be too late and our fate will be sealed, writes Bob Geldof

In 1984, I gathered some of the most successful musicians of the time to form a supergroup called Band Aid to raise money for famine relief in Ethiopia. The next year, an even larger grouping was formed for Live Aid, a major benefit concert and music-based fundraising initiative that continues to this day.

At last month’s International Forum on Food and Nutrition, held by the Barilla Foundation, the enduring — and increasingly urgent — need for efforts to strengthen food security could not be more obvious.