Net positiveFormula-derived score
UK Energy Secretary and former Labour Party leader, architect of the government's clean-power-by-2030 mission and the publicly owned Great British Energy company. The largest positive offset is “Great British Energy Act receives Royal Assent and creates a public clean-energy investment framework” (2025).
Biggest harms and offsets: signed contributions to the formula-derived score, ranked by size.
via Renewable capacity buildout → Renewable share of global electricity generation
15 May 2025
Sorted by the size of this person’s signed contribution. The observed state is the indicator’s own reading, not this person’s doing.
+29 pts to the score
Observed
30% of electricity generation · 11 above the normal line (2023)
Better than normal6 readings, 2000–2023: rose from 18.9% of electricity generation to 30% of electricity generation.
Above normal = better · 2025 · 1 fact, confidence ×0.86 · formula deviation factor 3
−22 pts to the score
Observed
55.1% of gross electricity consumption · 24.9 below the normal line (2025)
Worse than normalAbove normal = better · 2025 · 1 fact, confidence ×0.86 · formula deviation factor −3
−13 pts to the score
Observed
91.6% of population · 8.4 below the normal line (2023)
Worse than normal4 readings, 2020–2023: rose from 90.4% of population to 91.6% of population.
Above normal = better · 2025 · 1 fact, confidence ×0.8 · formula deviation factor −3
+12 pts to the score
Observed
4.73 tonnes CO2 per person per year · 2.43 above the normal line (2024)
Worse than normalTwo readings: 4.71 tonnes CO2 per person per year (2023) and 4.73 tonnes CO2 per person per year (2024).
Above normal = worse · 2025 · 1 fact, confidence ×0.86 · formula deviation factor −2.43
+10 pts to the score
Observed
32.9 micrograms per cubic metre (annual mean, population-weighted) · 27.9 above the normal line (2023)
Worse than normal3 readings, 2021–2023: fell from 33.2 micrograms per cubic metre (annual mean, population-weighted) to 32.9 micrograms per cubic metre (annual mean, population-weighted).
Above normal = worse · 2025 · 1 fact, confidence ×0.8 · formula deviation factor −3
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Contribution size 0.6 · Responsibility 0.5 · Fact impact 0.6 · Driver weight 0.81 · Driver → indicator 0.9 · Indicator importance 0.85 · Deviation factor 3 · Confidence 0.86
The most relevant dated facts, newest first.
15 May 2025 · Renewable-Energy Deployment
Great British Energy Act receives Royal Assent and creates a public clean-energy investment framework25 February 2025 · Renewable-Energy Deployment
UK approves 134 solar farms and 28 onshore wind projects under MilibandHow the record is sourced and how the score is derived.
2 of 2 linked facts verified, drawing on 2 distinct sources (2025).
Sources include The National Archives, United Kingdom, Business Matters Magazine.
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By the Factrail desk · Method: how we source and score · Last reviewed · Sources: 2
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Ed Miliband is the UK Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, appointed after Labour's July 2024 election victory, and a former leader of the Labour Party. He has made a clean-power-by-2030 mission the centre of his brief, lifting England's onshore-wind ban, approving large tranches of solar and wind capacity, and establishing the publicly owned Great British Energy company.
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