{"id":1315,"date":"2009-11-02T17:14:08","date_gmt":"2009-11-02T22:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/?p=1315"},"modified":"2009-11-04T15:02:03","modified_gmt":"2009-11-04T20:02:03","slug":"fred-krupps-remarks-on-the-finish-line-for-a-climate-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/2009\/11\/02\/fred-krupps-remarks-on-the-finish-line-for-a-climate-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"Fred Krupp&#8217;s Remarks on the Finish Line for a Climate Deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This morning, Fred Krupp, EDF&#8217;s president, gave the following remarks at the Point Carbon conference in New York City:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Think for a moment about the speech you\u2019d expect to hear from an environmental leader on the eve of Copenhagen.<\/p>\n<p>Now forget it.\u00a0 \u00a0This is not going to be that speech.<\/p>\n<p>You might expect someone in my position to call for \u2013 <em>to demand<\/em> \u2013 a final international agreement to solve the climate crisis before\u00a0Copenhagen delegates go home for\u00a0Christmas.\u00a0\u00a0 I will not.<\/p>\n<p>You might expect me to assert that the greatest threat to our planet will come about if New\u00a0Year\u2019s Day 2010 arrives without a new treaty.\u00a0\u00a0 It will not.<\/p>\n<p>And that signing a final treaty is the only way Copenhagen can be successful.\u00a0 It is not.<\/p>\n<p>Let me explain.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.edf.org\/article.cfm?contentID=10539\">Continue reading<\/a> his full remarks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This morning, Fred Krupp, EDF&#8217;s president, gave the following remarks at the Point Carbon conference in New York City: Think for a moment about the speech you\u2019d expect to hear from an environmental leader on the eve of Copenhagen. 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