"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 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. 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.

Lützerath was a small village in the North Rhine-Westphalia lignite mining area and was demolished by the energy giant RWE in January 2023 in order to get to the lignite underneath.  Germany is phasing out coal as an energy sector by 2038. But that hasn´t stopped RWE`S plans to expand their mines and wipe out Lützerath. However, scientific calculations have shown that the coal underneath Lützerath is not needed to guarantee the security of electricity supply in Germany. Since 2020, the small village has been firmly in the hands of convinced climate protectors and activists. They have created their own world with tree houses, huts and a communal kitchen. The activists prepared themselves providently with action trainings. In addition to this, the village was secured with barricades in order to withstand an eviction for as long as possible. Nevertheless, on January 10th 2023, police units began to evacuate the village with extreme severity and violence.