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At an international conference on global climate change, a representative of a developing country admits that each year, his country contributes the same amount of greenhouse gases to the atmosphere as a particular developed nation. However, he argues that because his country has only 10% of the wealth of that developed nation, the developed nation should pay much more of the costs of adaptation. This representatives arguments illustrate the: (a) polluter pays principle. (b) precautionary principle. (c) equity principle. (d) conservation of the commons principle. |
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Answer» (c) equity principle. |
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