Gen Z confronts New Orleans' climate fight: "Hopeful and overwhelmed"

• Dillard student Kobe Robinson, 27, says he'd like to see the candidates talk about water quality, pollution and other issues facing a city with so many bodies of water.
• Other threats include tropical weather, extreme heat and saltwater intrusion.
• A new analysis from the Urban Institute says Louisiana will face more than $4 billion in annual property damage due to extreme weather by 2050, writes Axios' Alex Fitzpatrick.

The bottom line: "It's going to require many generations' worth of work to fix some of the problems that we've created for ourselves, so [I'm] hopeful and overwhelmed at the same time," says Griffin Gansar, 24, president of the environmental science club at the University of New Orleans.

By Ludovica Ballou, Loyola Pack News

This story is part of a special project with Loyola University mass communication students exploring Gen Z's thoughts on the New Orleans mayoral race.

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