Given the role that forests play in mitigation and adaptation to climate change, there are potential synergies between REDD+ and the ability of populations to adapt to the impacts of climate change. To date there has been relatively limited attention to how these synergies can be achieved. However, there is a growing interest in both linking adaptation to mitigation and to adaptation activities generally. In 2010 at COP 16 in Cancun, it was agreed that adaptation needed to be addressed with the same priority as mitigation and required appropriate institutional arrangements to enhance action and support (AWG-LCA, Article 2b).