New Delhi, Oct. 7 -- Ten years after the adoption of the Paris Agreement, a new analysis by the Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW) has found that only around 5 per cent of global cooperative climate initiatives have achieved their stated goals within the last decade, while over one-fifth are stalled or inactive.

The CEEW issue brief titled "Ten Years of Paris Agreement: A Stocktake of Cooperative Climate Initiatives" examined 203 initiatives launched since COP21 in 2015 and found that despite the rise in voluntary, multi-actor collaborations, most lack measurable progress or accountability frameworks.

According to the analysis, more than 475 cooperative initiatives have been launched since the Paris Agreement, engaging over...