MELTDOWN FLAGS

TitleMELTDOWN FLAGS
BrandMETER GROUP
Product/ServiceMETER ENVIRONMENT
Category A05. Consumer Services / Business to Business
Entrant SERVICEPLAN GERMANY Munich, GERMANY
Idea Creation SERVICEPLAN GERMANY Munich, GERMANY
Media Placement MEDIAPLUS Munich, GERMANY
Production VENI.TV Madrid, SPAIN
Additional Company SERVICEPLAN SPAIN Madrid, SPAIN
Additional Company 2 MOBY DIGG Munich, GERMANY
Additional Company 3 STANDARDABWEICHUNG Munich, GERMANY
Additional Company 4 HYPERINTERACTIVE Hamburg, GERMANY
Credits
Name Company Position
Alex Schill SERVICEPLAN GROUP Global Chief Creative Officer
Matthias Harbeck SERVICEPLAN GROUP Chief Creative Officer Germany
Jason Romeyko SERVICEPLAN GROUP Worldwide Executive Creative Director
Franz Röppischer SERVICEPLAN GERMANY Executive Creative Director
Lorenz Langgartner SERVICEPLAN GERMANY Executive Creative Director
Christian Hertel METER Group VP Marketing
Scott Campbell METER Group CEO
Sandra Loibl SERVICEPLAN GERMANY General Manager
Jan-Martin Hopf SERVICEPLAN GERMANY Senior Art Director
Martin Rackel SERVICEPLAN GERMANY Account Management
Eduardo Alvarez SERVICEPLAN GERMANY Art Director
Saurabh Kakade SERVICEPLAN GERMANY Creative
Sandra Valencia SERVICEPLAN GERMANY Copywriter
Kai West Schlosser SERVICEPLAN GERMANY Junior Art Director
Thao Vu SERVICEPLAN GERMANY Junior Art Director
Leonie Casper SERVICEPLAN GERMANY Intern Account Management
Clara Illán Serviceplan Spain Account Executive
Maximilian Heitsch Moby Digg Design Director & Coder
Sebastian Haiss Moby Digg Coder
Gabriela Baka Moby Digg Designer
Marco Kawan Moby Digg Designer
Niklas May Moby Digg Coder
Daniel Kuhnlein Standardabweichung Creative Coder
Dieter Pries Hyperinteractive Digital Director
Karin Schmitz SERVICEPLAN GERMANY Senior Production Manager
Lipa Lizaso Veni.tv Executive Producer
Gabo Gertner Veni.tv Producer
Yaiza Ríos España Veni.tv Production Assistant
Santiago García Suarez Veni.tv Second Production Assistant
Diego Llorente Aguilera Veni.tv Director
Jairo González Pérez Veni.tv Camera Operator
Cristina Campos Veni.tv Second Camera Operator
Federico Gutierrez Lopez Veni.tv Photographer
Hussein El Rayess Aldesign Lenticular Artist
Lukas Pachoinig MEDIAPLUS GERMANY Creative Media Manager
Sabrina Duchow MEDIAPLUS GERMANY Creative Media Manager
Britta Tronke SERVICEPLAN GERMANY General Manager
Michael Wilk SERVICEPLAN GERMANY Executive Creative Director
Dennis Fritz SERVICEPLAN GERMANY Senior Motion Designer
Michael Lux SERVICEPLAN GERMANY Senior Art Director
Laura Bergler SERVICEPLAN GERMANY Junior Copywriter
Stephan Westerwelle SERVICEPLAN GERMANY Senior Art Director
Julia Nicolaisen SERVICEPLAN GERMANY Account Management
Therese Stüssel SERVICEPLAN GERMANY Creative Director

Why is this work relevant for Media?

Via meltdownflags.org visitors can access glacier retreat, temperature and carbon emissions data by country. They can also calculate and offset their own carbon footprint and download all Meltdown Flags. With the Meltdown Flags type generator they can also share their message for climate action. Using the Meltdown Flags AR filter people can interact with the flags, and their states of meltdown at an interactive exhibition. They were on display at the Messner Mountain Museum in Italy. Likewise, students can use the AR filter in their schoolbooks to interact with the flags and learn more about global retreat.

Background

The glaciers are melting faster than ever. And with them 69% of the global drinking water supply. The environmental sensor company METER has been documenting glacier retreat for decades. But the scientific articles resulting from the data usually only reach an expert audience. The initiative around the Meltdown Flags aims to make the general public understand what is at stake.

Describe the creative idea / insights (30% of vote)

Meltdown Flags is a climate data initiative that visualizes global glacier retreat, by reducing the color white in flags of countries with glaciers. From 1995, year of the first UN Climate Change Conference, to present day, until 2050, the point of no return for glaciers.

Describe the strategy (20% of vote)

Yet most people are not aware of how glacier melt affects them: complete meltdown would raise sea level drastically, changing our countries irreversibly. METER has helped document glacier retreat for decades. Complex scientific data was presented in a creative and illustrative way to explain to everyone in the world how important glaciers are to us.

Describe the execution (20% of vote)

Meltdown Flags visualizes global glacier retreat, by reducing the color white in flags of countries with glaciers. From 1995 until 2050, the point of no return for glaciers. The initiative took place at climate demonstrations worldwide, at Social Media and at an exhibition at the Reinhold Messner Museum.

List the results (30% of vote)

The initiative has gathered support from 310+ million people across 86 countries, including activists and scientists, from world-renown mountaineer Reinhold Messner to glaciologist Dr. Heïdi Sevestre, and Fundación Glaciares Chilenos in Chile. Glacier protection is now sought to be included into the Chilean constitution.