PHEW! The Department of Energy and Climate Change knows how to talk.  But whether they are quite so au fait with decision making and action taking is up for debate.  This summer, once again, a group of 25 DECC civil servants traipsed off to Bonn for the annual climate change talks. at the summit - branded as "all talk and no action" - they racked up a bill of ?42,000.  a DECC spinner said they endeavoured to drive down costs: "In keeping with this, the hotel was chosen as it was also the venue for the conference itself."  How very sensible. Not only have they saved on taxi fares but civil servant security is clearly paramount.  Far safer to crawl up the stairs to bed after a boozy night in the hotel bar than wander the streets of Bonn.