At the1992 Rio UN Conference on Environment and Development, which principle supports mitigation of serious or irreversible environmental threats despite scientific uncertainty?
**The precautionary principle, B** says lack of full scientific certainty should not postpone appropriate measures against serious or irreversible harm. Polluter-pays allocates costs;EPR assigns post-use product responsibility;differentiated responsibility concerns countries’ differing contributions and capabilities.
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