EU leaders are hailing their drive to make Europe the world's first carbon-neutral continent by 2050 as a "Man on the Moon" moment. But is Europe's giant leap towards net-zero carbon emissions at risk of becoming a stumble in the dark, amid a rise in right-wing populism that has seen more and more Europeans turning against green policies?
With 9,590 days to go until "climate neutrality" on January 1, 2050, according to the European Commission's countdown clock, Ester Asin, director of the European Policy Office of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), told FRANCE 24 that Europe's so-called Green Deal is at a pivotal juncture.
