In December this year, Copenhagen will host the top UN climate meeting, at which a new international agreement needs to be reached. This past Friday, the Danish press reported that the driving force behind "Copenhagen," climate minister Connie Hedegaard's "right-hand man," has left his post as Denmark's chief negotiator, effective immediately.

Friday's Danish headlines suggested he left in protest and in rage over internal disagreements, and that Becker is the victim of a power struggle between the prime minister's office and the climate ministry.