Author Question: At an international conference on global climate change, a representative of a developing country ... (Read 38 times)

shenderson6 · **on:** Jul 16, 2018

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 the United States.

However, he argues that because his country has only 10 of the wealth of the United States, the United States should pay much more of the costs of adaptation. This representative's arguments illustrate the A) polluter pays principle.
B) precautionary principle.
C) equity principle.
D) conservation of the commons principle.

Question 2

In general, as income levels rise, dependence on wild income

A) increases and consumptive use increases.
B) increases but consumptive use decreases.
C) decreases but consumptive use increases.
D) decreases and consumptive use decreases.