From Reuters:
China went on the global warming offensive on Monday, unveiling a national climate change plan while stressing it will not sacrifice economic ambitions to international demands to cut greenhouse gas pollution.
The official launching the plan said emissions caps that dented growth in poor nations would do more damage than climate change itself — despite the floods, droughts and rising sea levels that global warming threatens to generate.
“The ramifications of limiting the development of developing countries would be even more serious than those from climate change,” said Ma Kai, director of the National Development and Reform Commission, which steers climate change policy. [Full Text]
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