Feature: EU green transition may miss crucial chance, environmentalist says

ROME, April 30 (Xinhua) -- Protection of the environment was not Andrea Zatti's first big public passion, but it is the one he has been focused on the longest.

Zatti, 52, is an environmental advocate and a professor of public finance with a focus on environmental issues at the University of Pavia in Italy. He first came into the public eye during a ten-year career as a professional basketball player, much of it in Serie A, Italy's top division.