FACTBOX: Who is going to Copenhagen?

(Reuters) - Environment ministers and officials will meet in Copenhagen on December 7-18 for a United Nations climate change conference to put together a successor to the Kyoto Protocol.

Many heads of state and government also plan to attend.

Here are some details:

SUMMARY

-- Danish Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen says 98 leaders have confirmed they will attend.

-- Most are expected to come for final two days of the conference, when the meetings for heads of state and government are to take place. But a U.S. administration official has been quoted as saying some may aim to attend on December 9, the same day as President Barack Obama.

LEADERS ATTENDING

AUSTRALIA - Prime Minister Kevin Rudd had hoped to take his carbon-trade scheme to Copenhagen, but parliament rejected laws to set up the scheme this week. Rudd is to play a key negotiating role in the talks.

BANGLADESH - Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

BRAZIL - One of the world's top greenhouse gas emitters. Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva is due in Copenhagen December 16-18.

BRITAIN - Prime Minister Gordon Brown was one of the first world leaders to commit to attending the Copenhagen talks.

CANADA - Prime Minister Stephen Harper.

CHINA - Premier Wen Jiabao.

ETHIOPIA - Prime Minister Meles Zenawi will head the African delegation. Mauritian Prime Minister Navinchandra Ramgoolam and Seychelles President James Michel will also attend. EU - European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, December 17-18.

FRANCE - President Nicolas Sarkozy, December 17-18.

GERMANY - Chancellor Angela Merkel, December 17-18 (provisional).

INDIA - Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh leaves for Copenhagen on Dec 11. Shyam Saran, the prime minister's special envoy on climate change, will also attend.

NEPAL - Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal, December 15-17.

NETHERLANDS - Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende, December 17-18. Also Environment Minister Jacqueline Cramer. NORWAY - Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg, December 16-19 (provisional).

POLAND - Environment Minister Maciej Nowicki opens the conference. He leaves after passing the presidency to Denmark.

SINGAPORE - Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.

THAILAND - Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, Dec 16-17.

UNITED STATES - President Barack Obama, December 9.

(NOTE: where no date is given, date is yet to be confirmed)