this chapter also summarises the intended nationally determined contributions that the eecca countries submitted in time for the st conference of the parties cop to the united nations framework convention on climate change unfccc finally this chapter outlines a set of recommendations for policy development that the eecca countries and their development cooperation partners could pursue to scaleup finance for climate finance in the region based on the results of the analysis detailed in chapters and at the same time vulnerable populations are already experiencing the impacts of a changing climate thus actions that strengthen adaptation to such adverse effects of climate change are also needed