The 0-2 scale is also problematic given both adaptation and mitigation activities are often integrated with other development objectives such as poverty alleviation and energy access. Particularly given the highly contextual nature of adaptation, it is often very difficult to tell from a project description of an activity whether or not it is adaptive. As Tirpak, et al (2010) point out, an activity that supports adaptation in one context may be maladaptive in another, depending upon climatic, environmental, socio-economic, cultural and institutional factors.