Dennis Zagermann

• Doctor
• Research Associate at Umweltbundesamt, Germany

Review of criteria and analysis for the Climate Delegated Act • Usability improvements for the generic climate change adaptation criteria • Consistency and usability improvements for selected activities under the Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation objectives, including through harmonising activity titles and descriptions • Adjustment to scien...

The sustainability transformation of the financial sector is a key prerequisite for the transformation of the real economy. This report therefore comprises 15 proposals in four central dimensions towards a sustainable financial sector in Germany: transformatitive relevance, transparency on the sustainability of financial products, sustainability ri...

From 2009 to 2015, the European Union’s (EU) euro area experienced an existential socio-economic crisis. To secure its institutional integrity, the EU designed several new institutions to support member states in need but also to facilitate socio-economic adjustments. The European Stability Mechanism (ESM) lies at the centre of this strategy: it pr...

Die Nachhaltigkeitstransformation des Finanzsektors ist eine zentrale Voraussetzung für die Transformation der Realwirtschaft. Dieser Bericht umfasst daher 15 Vorschläge in vier zentralen Dimensionen hin zu einer nachhaltigen Finanzwirtschaft in Deutschland: Transformationsrelevanz, Transparenz über die ⁠Nachhaltigkeit⁠ von Finanzprodukten, Risikom...

Macro-economic policy coordination remains a challenge in the EU. The European Semester was designed to help facilitate more coordination. In the area of wage policies, it encourages Germany and the Netherlands to support stronger wage growth, while Italy and Portugal have been told to exercise wage restraint. This paper analyses how domestic inter...

The financial crisis has triggered a severe global economic crisis. The EU has experienced the worst recession in its history. Most European governments have reacted with stimulus packages to get their economies growing again. Shortly after, the Eurozone crisis emerged. While sovereign debt has thus been at the centre of the debate, as sovereign de...

The ongoing Eurozone crisis has revealed the centrality of the EU’s varieties of labour market institutions as determinants of socio-economic preconditions for fiscal stability. Strengthening the economic competitiveness of member states in crisis with the help of labour market reforms has been at the centre of the reform programmes required by the...