Dr. Franziska Schütze
Franziska Schütze is a researcher in the Climate Policy Department at DIW Berlin and coordinator of the Sustainable Finance Research Platform. She is also responsible for the exchange with stakeholders from politics and civil society. Her research focuses on the market for green bonds and the development and use of climate-related scenarios by companies and financial institutions. A particular focus is on net-zero emission scenarios for the building sector.
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Policy Brief, Sustainability Risks and Opportunities
PB 3/2023: Climate transition plans: State of play in EU legislation and policy recommendations
Company transition plans (of real economy and financial market actors) have the potential to become a steering instrument for directing capital flows toward climate neutrality…
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Policy Brief, Sustainability Risks and Opportunities
PB 6/2022: The first ECB bottom-up climate stress test: dealing with data gaps and methodological challenges
The ECB’s “SSM Climate risk stress test,” published in July 2022, provides an important step toward integrating climate change related risks into the banking system.…
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Policy Brief, Sustainability Reporting, Sustainability Risks and Opportunities
PB 5/2022: Standardized stress test scenario can improve climate risk reporting
More and more countries, regions, cities, companies, and financial institutions are defining climate neutrality as a strategic goal. So far, however, it is not possible…
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Policy Brief, Sustainability Reporting, Sustainability Risks and Opportunities
PB 9/2021: The EU sustainable finance strategy – Implications for the future German Federal Government
The EU’s revised sustainable finance strategy confirms the important role of the financial sector in the sustainability transition of the economy, but does not sufficiently…
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Policy Brief, Sustainability Risks and Opportunities
PB 5/2021: Scenario Analysis as a Tool for Companies, Investors, and Regulators on the Path to Climate Neutrality
The structural transformation necessary for achieving climate neutrality is characterized by many interdependent changes. Shaping the transition to a zero-emissions economy cannot be based on…
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Scientific publication
Journal of Sustainable Finance & Investment: The EU sustainable finance taxonomy and its contribution to climate neutrality
The EU Taxonomy is the first standardised and comprehensive classification system for sustainable economic activities. It covers activities responsible for up to 80% of EU…
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Scientific publication
Intereconomics: The European Green Deal — More Than Climate Neutrality
The European Green Deal aims at climate neutrality for Europe by 2050, implying a significant acceleration of emission reductions. To gain the necessary support, it…
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Scientific publication
Nature Climate Change: A climate stress-test of the financial system
The urgency of estimating the impact of climate risks on the financial system is increasingly recognized among scholars and practitioners. By adopting a network approach…
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Scientific publication
Sustainability: The Role of Sustainable Investment in Climate Policy
Reaching the Sustainable Development Goals requires a fundamental socio-economic transformation accompanied by substantial investment in low-carbon infrastructure. Such a sustainability transition represents a non-marginal change,…
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