Since the release of the UN’s 2018 IPCC report one year ago, Generation Z’s climate anxiety has heightened. The report states that we must achieve zero-net carbon emissions by 2050, or there will be challenging risks to our ecosystem and human health. The current migrant crisis is in part because of climate change. The youth are unhappy that they are expected to play into a future that might not exist; balancing college applications and SAT prep with climate strikes and grassroots organization.