Danish Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen will replace Connie Hedegaard as President of the COP, who resigned after a short time in the post. The reasoning given to explain this change is somewhat hard to follow. From a press release:
“As a consequence of the unprecedented number of Heads of State and Government who have started to arrive in Copenhagen to participate in climate negotiations, Danish Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen will, from the beginning of the High-Level Segment, take the chair as president of the COP and the COP/CMP.”