Denmark"s prime minister says the country"s climate minister will leave her Cabinet post to head next month"s Copenhagen climate summit, AP reported. Prime Minister Lars Loekke Rasmussen says Climate Minister Connie Hedegaard has been named minister in charge of the two-week international climate meeting in the Danish capital. Hedegaard became climate minister in 2007 to prepare for the Dec. 7-18 U.N. summit, which aims to replace the 1997 Kyoto Protocol with a new global treaty to regulate the emissions of greenhouse gases. Loekke Rasmussen"s announcement Tuesday came amid speculation that the government will announce its support for her candidacy as Denmark"s next member of the European Union Commission.
