DECC has now admitted that the decision to pick a winner has been delayed and will not take place until the autumn of 2010 at the earliest.

DECC现在承认挑选一个胜者的决定被推迟了，最快要等到2010年秋天。

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The DECC came out with the hard-hitting message after research showed that more than half of the UK public think climate change will have no effect on them.

有调查显示，超过半数的英国民众不认为气候变化会对他们造成影响。鉴于此，能源和气候变化司策划了此次极富感染力的广告。

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DECC was stitched together from the Department for Business and the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs late in 2008 and needs to make its mark soon.

2008年新成立的DECC是从英国商务部以及环境、食品和农村事务部抽调人员组成的，这个新部门急需在短时间里做出一点自己的成绩来。

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But the argument does not seem to have convinced the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC).

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The ministerial news conference at DECC did not provide that clarity as both men dodged the issue.

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David MacKay, the DECC's chief scientific adviser, practises what he preaches in his once draughty semi-detached 1940s house.

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