Fragments of Climate Change

Climate change is probably the greatest threat humanity has ever faced. Germany has been a country with few problems economically and geographically. All seems to be given to achieve climate goals by 2045. But by far it's not enough.

"Fragments Of Climate Change" portrays a society that is only a wink away from climate collapse and documents Germany's ambitious plans to become a climate-neutral industrial nation by 2045.

The nuclear phase-out has already been decided. And coal-fired power generation should also be phased out by 2038. Germany's climate law also stipulates that Germany will reduce greenhouse gas emissions by at least 65 percent compared to 1990 by 2030 and by as much as 88 percent by 2040. The “Green Deal” also plans to plant 3 billion new trees by 2030.

Germany is one of the international pioneers in the fight against the crisis, but in order to break this climate-damaging normality and create a climate-friendly reality of life, there must be three times as many solar systems and wind farms in Germany by 2030. In order to become CO2-neutral worldwide by 2050, six and a half times as much copper would have to be mined globally per year by then, for example, as is currently the case, thirteen times as much nickel and around 300 times as much lithium. Only Germany's demand for these raw materials would simply overwhelm the world market.

Even though Germany is one of the economically strongest and financially richest countries, it seems almost impossible to face the coming extremes. Germany has achieved its climate goals for 2022. However, according to Dirk Messner, President of the Federal Environment Agency, progress is still far too slow. We are approaching the tipping point and must honestly ask ourselves what a sustainable future can look like. Actually, most people know what needs to be done and there is just a lack of political will to implement these measures. Society has probably never been more divided between selfishness and fear than it is now. My photos are just fragments of an event that is too big to contain. They are snapshots showing the values ​​and norms of our society at this point in time.