# Fred Krupp's Remarks on the Finish Line for a Climate Deal

*Published:* 2009-11-02
*Author:* Sharyn Stein

This morning, Fred Krupp, EDF’s president, gave the following remarks at the Point Carbon conference in New York City:

> Think for a moment about the speech you’d expect to hear from an environmental leader on the eve of Copenhagen.
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> Now forget it. This is not going to be that speech.
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> You might expect someone in my position to call for – *to demand* – a final international agreement to solve the climate crisis before Copenhagen delegates go home for Christmas. I will not.
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> You might expect me to assert that the greatest threat to our planet will come about if New Year’s Day 2010 arrives without a new treaty. It will not.
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> And that signing a final treaty is the only way Copenhagen can be successful. It is not.
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> Let me explain.

[Continue reading](http://www.edf.org/article.cfm?contentID=10539) his full remarks.