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Frank Jotzo is Professor of environmental and climate change economics at the ANU Crawford School of Public Policy, director of the Centre for Climate and Energy Policy, and Head of Energy at the ANU Institute for Climate, Energy and Disaster Solutions (ICEDS). He has been a lead author of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 5th and 6th assessement reports. He has been involved in numerous policy advisory exercises including currently as member of the NSW Net Zero Commission, and previously as lead of Australia's Carbon Leakage Review, key advisor to the Garnaut Climate Change Review, and on various advisory boards and committees for State governments. He leads research on decarbonisation, zero-emissions industries, institutions and policy for energy transition, economic policy instruments for climate change, and international dimensions of climate change policy. Prof Jotzo teaches Masters courses on climate policy and economics at ANU Crawford School.
Qualifications
Research interests
Economics and policy of climate change and energy transition; institutions and policy for decarbonisation; economic reform and political economy; structural change and development; Australia, Europe, China, Indonesia.
External Scholarly Memberships and Affiliations
Commissioner, NSW Net Zero Commission
1 Oct 2024 → …
Chair, Queensland Clean Economy Expert Panel
1 Oct 2024 → …
Member, PIK Scientific Advisory Board
1 Aug 2024 → …
Lead, Australia's Carbon Leakage Review, Commonwealth Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
1 Oct 2023 → 31 Dec 2024
AR6 WGIII Lead Author and co-author of SPM and Synthesis Report, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
1 Jan 2017 → 1 Mar 2022
AR5 WGIII Lead Author, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
1 Jan 2011 → 1 Oct 2014
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Climate policy upscaling: the role of policy design in removing barriers to stringency
Buffier, C., Hughes, L. & Jotzo, F., 21 Apr 2026, In: Climate Policy. 26, 4, p. 648-661 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access2 Citations (Scopus) -
Just Energy Transition Partnerships at Risk in Indonesia and Vietnam
Do, T. N., Halimatussadiah, A., Burke, P. & Jotzo, F., Apr 2026, In: Journal of Southeast Asian Economies. 43, 1Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Double Counting and the Paris Agreement Rulebook: Poor Emissions Accounting Could Undermine Carbon Markets
Schneider, L., Duan, M., Stavins, R. N., Kizzier, K., Broekhoff, D., Jotzo, F., Winkler, H., Lazarus, M., Howard, A. & Hood, C., 1 Jan 2025, Economics of Environment, Climate Change, And Wine: Selected Papers of Robert N Stavins, Volume 3 (2011-2023). World Scientific Publishing Co, p. 677-686 10 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Coal transitions—part 2: phase-out dynamics in global long-term mitigation scenarios
Minx, J. C., Hilaire, J., Müller-Hansen, F., Nemet, G., Diluiso, F., Andrew, R. M., Ayas, C., Bauer, N., Bi, S. L., Clarke, L., Creutzig, F., Cui, R. Y., Jotzo, F., Kalkuhl, M., Lamb, W. F., Löschel, A., Manych, N., Meinshausen, M., Oei, P. Y. & Peters, G. P. & 5 others, , Mar 2024, In: Environmental Research Letters. 19, 3, 25 p., 033002.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access14 Citations (Scopus) -
Is Australia's urban-regional schism on climate reality or rhetoric?
Colvin, R. M., Jotzo, F. & Fielding, K. S., Dec 2024, In: Journal of Rural Studies. 112, 13 p., 103446.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access8 Citations (Scopus)
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Australian green iron exports: modelling global markets in a decarbonised steelmaking industry
Gosens, J. (PI), Beck, F. (CoI), Brooks, G. (CoI), Chinnici, A. (CoI), Coventry, J. (CoI), Hosseini, T. (CoI), Jotzo, F. (CoI), Pye, J. (CoI) & Rahbari, A. (CoI)
1/10/25 → 30/06/27
Project: Research
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A Policy Roadmap for Australia's Heavy Industry Low-carbon Transition
Jotzo, F. (PI)
1/07/24 → 20/06/26
Project: Research
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Modelling Comprehensive Climate Action in Australia
Jotzo, F. (PI), Elliston, B. (CoI) & Simsek, Y. (CoI)
1/09/24 → 31/12/25
Project: Research
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Energy Transition Analysis Program
Jotzo, F. (PI) & Elliston, B. (CoI)
26/02/24 → 25/02/25
Project: Research
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Building capacity for coal to clean energy transition in South Africa
Jotzo, F. (PI) & Sarah Burton, J. A. (CoI)
12/10/23 → 31/03/24
Project: Research