This Term Refers to the Position Taken by Developing Countries

Multiple Choice

This term refers to the position taken by developing countries such as China and India, which argue that, because Western industrial countries in North America and Europe have been burning large amounts of fossil fuels since the mid-19th century and because CO₂ stays in the atmosphere for hundreds of years, these countries caused the global warming problem and therefore should fix it.

A) carbon inequity
B) carbon sequestration
C) social justice
D) economic rationalism
E) rational equity