and the adoption of Agenda 21, the Rio Declaration and to the establishment of the Commission on Sustainable Development. In addition, key contributions of Our Common Future to the concept of sustainable development include the recognition that the many crises facing the planet are interlocking crises that are elements of a single crisis of the whole and of the vital need for the active participation of all sectors of society in consultation and decisions relating to sustainable development. Controversy In 1988, Helge Ole Bergesen wrote that this report is perceived by the Third World elites as green imperialism. See also National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy References Further reading (pp. 17–26) Iris Borowy, Defining Sustainable Development: the World Commission on Environment and Development (Brundtland Commission), Milton Park: earthscan/Routledge, 2014 PDF version. External links Our Common Future: Report of the World Commission on Environment and Development 1987 non-fiction books 1987 in the environment Sustainability books Environmental non-fiction books Environmental reports 1987 in the United Nations