A serious crisis in the environment assumed the proportions of a global menace. This was pinpointed by the U.N. Commissions report, Our Common Future. The global challenge involved in this crisis was aggravated by the economic crisis of monetarismMoreA serious crisis in the environment assumed the proportions of a global menace. This was pinpointed by the U.N. Commissions report, Our Common Future. The global challenge involved in this crisis was aggravated by the economic crisis of monetarism and debt. Gorbachev addressed the same themes in a powerful message to the U.N.
The power of separate nation states was no longer sufficient to meet the world-wide threat.