{
  "schemaVersion": 1,
  "entries": [
    {
      "date": "2026-07-02",
      "summary": "Added the overall direction marker to the public tracker and data export.",
      "metricsChanged": [],
      "sourceUpdates": [],
      "pageUpdated": true,
      "exportUpdated": true,
      "notes": "Overall direction is a plain-language editorial marker, not a score or index. Current status is mixed because several areas are improving while delivery gaps remain elsewhere."
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-07-01",
      "summary": "Launched the public UK Climate Progress Tracker with eleven source-backed metrics, filters, search, reusable data exports and a source register.",
      "metricsChanged": [
        "clean-power-generation",
        "grid-connections-reform",
        "battery-storage-capacity",
        "zev-car-registrations",
        "public-ev-chargers",
        "active-travel-short-trips",
        "heat-pump-grant-demand",
        "uk-territorial-emissions",
        "flood-defence-protection",
        "smart-meter-working-base",
        "low-carbon-economy-turnover"
      ],
      "sourceUpdates": [
        "Added active travel as a short-trip transport metric.",
        "Added flood defence protection as an adaptation and resilience metric.",
        "Updated the electricity generation metric with Q1 2026 Energy Trends data.",
        "Published public JSON and CSV endpoints."
      ],
      "pageUpdated": true,
      "exportUpdated": true,
      "notes": "Initial launch release. Future monthly entries should record previous values, new values and whether backing articles also changed."
    }
  ]
}