{
  "id": 20136686,
  "title": "Global Carbon Council launches Energy Access Programme Standard",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/15/global-carbon-council-launches-energy-access-programme-standard",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-15T07:21:20.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Peninsula Qatar",
    "slug": "the-peninsula-qatar",
    "url": "https://thepeninsulaqatar.com/article/15/11/2026/global-carbon-council-launches-energy-access-programme-standard"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "<p>Doha, Qatar: The Global Carbon Council (GCC), an independent and internationally recognised carbon standard from the Global South, launched the Energy Access Programme Standard in collaboration with the World Bank and the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) during the 31st Conference of the Parties (COP31) in Antalya, T&uuml;rkiye.</p> <p>Held at the Arab Climate Pavilion,…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}