common but differentiated responsibilities
KOM-un but dif-er-EN-shee-ay-ted reh-spon-sih-BIL-ih-teez
ˈkɒmən bʌt ˌdɪfəˈrɛnʃieɪtɪd rɪˌspɒnsɪˈbɪlɪtizListen
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a principle of international environmental law recognising that while all states share a common responsibility to protect the global environment, their obligations differ according to their historical contribution to environmental problems and their current capacity to address them; developed industrialised nations, which produced the bulk of cumulative greenhouse gas emissions, bear a greater burden of action and financial support than developing nations; the principle underpins the architecture of climate agreements from the UNFCCC to the Paris Agreement
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