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Read the following passage and answer the item(s) that follow, your answers to these item(s) should be based on the passage only.

Climate change is a complex policy issue with major implications in terms of finance. All actions to address climate change ultimately involve costs. Funding is vital for countries like India to design and implement adaption and mitigation plans and projects. Lack of funding is a large impediment implementing adaptation plans. The scale and magnitude of the financial support required by magnitude of the financial support required by developing countries to enhance their domestic mitigation and adaptation actions are a matter of intense debate in the multilateral negotiations under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The Convention squarely puts the responsibility for provision of financial support on the developed countries, taking into account their contribution to the stock of greenhouse gases (GHGs) in the atmosphere. Given the magnitude of the task likely to fall short of the current and projected needs of the developing countries. Global funding through the multilateral mechanism of the Convention will enhance their domestic capacity to finance the mitigation efforts.
According to the passage, which of the following is/are a matter of intense debate in the multilateral negotiations under UNFCC regarding the role of developing countries in climate change?

  1. The scale and size of required financial support.
  2. The crop loss due to climate change in the developing countries.
  3. To enhance the mitigation and adaptation actions in the developing countries.

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