China released on Monday its first national strategy on global warming, saying it was committed to fighting climate change but insisting the main responsibility rested with rich nations.
Under the 62-page document released to reporters, China said it would work to "control" its output of greenhouse gases that are blamed for global warming, but maintained its long-held policy of not committing to any cuts in emissions.
China had only a "limited capacity to tackle climate change" due to its status as a developing nation, its huge population and the high percentage of coal in the nation's energy mix, the report said.
It highlighted that the first and over-riding concerns for developing countries such as China were "economic and social development and poverty eradication."
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