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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 green-house 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.