Who we are
The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) was created in October 2008, to bring together:
Climate change is not only a massive threat to the global environment, it is also perhaps the greatest economic challenge facing us in the twenty-first century. It demands an urgent and radical response across the developed and developing world.
At the same time, the UK needs to secure clean, safe, affordable energy to heat and power our homes and businesses. Creating a low carbon and resource efficient world means making major structural changes to the way we work and live, including how we source, manage and use our energy.
DECC exists to take the lead in tackling these challenges, and reflects the fact that climate change and energy policies are inextricably linked – two thirds of our emissions come from the energy we use. Decisions in one field cannot be made without considering the impacts in the other.
The DECC Structural Reform Plan
Structural Reform Plans are the key tool of the coalition government for holding departments to account on the implementation of the reforms set out in the coalition agreement. Our plan sets out our top four departmental priorities, which are to:
- Save energy with the Green Deal and support vulnerable consumers
- Deliver secure energy on the way to a low carbon energy future
- Drive ambitious action on climate change at home and abroad
- Manage our energy legacy responsibly and cost-effectively.
If you would like to comment on DECC’s draft Structural Reform Plan please send your views to StructuralReformPlan@decc.gsi.gov.uk.
Updates on progress
On Friday 30 July DECC published its first Structural Reform Plan Monthly Implementation Update, detailing the progress it has made towards meeting the actions set out in its Structural Reform Plan:
To find out more about our work visit our What we do web pages.
Our Ministers
Our Senior Team
DECC's Permanent Secretary is Moira Wallace. Her biographical details, and those of our Directors General, are available on the Corporate Governance page.
The structure of DECC is set out in the organogram below: