Rabat, June 25 -- The leaders of the European Union (EU) failed to reach an agreement and commit to achieving climate neutrality by 2050 at a European Council summit on Thursday, June 21.

Even though a measly eight countries out of 28 committed to the target at the last summit in March, global protests worldwide advocating for the environment raised hopes that the number would increase.

For the deal to have passed, member states needed to all agree in complete unity, but four countries- Poland, the Czech Republic, Estonia, and Hungary - blocked the proposal, meaning the 2050 goal was not included in the EU's strategic agenda for 2019-2024.

The four countries reportedly blocked the proposal for fear it would hurt their economies, which ...