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Frank Jotzo

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Frank Jotzo is Director of the Centre for Climate Economics and Policy at the Australian National University’s Crawford School of Public Policy.

Articles by Frank Jotzo (4)

  • Frank Jotzo 17 Dec 2015 13:00

    Paris agreement: signaling change for decades to come

    Years from now, the Paris climate conference may be seen as the point where ambitious long term global climate policy was finally enshrined in an international agreement, and where the world found a formula that enables consistent action. True, there is a massive gap between present policy ambition and the aspiration to keep warming to well below 2°.
  • Frank Jotzo 28 Sep 2015 16:31

    China's emissions-trading announcement is a signal to the world

    The US and China have jointly announced their vision for the Paris climate talks and the steps they will take at home. But what took the headlines was China's announcement to introduce a national emissions trading scheme in 2017. The announcement is no surprise. The Chinese government has been foreshadowing a national emissions trading scheme for years. But its inclusion in this high profile announcement means we can expect that it will in indeed be done.
  • Frank Jotzo 1 Jul 2015 10:04

    China makes its formal climate-change pledge

    China's long-anticipated formal pledge to international climate change negotiations, it's 'intended nationally determined contribution' or INDC, has arrived. China's target is a 60% to 65% reduction in the emissions-intensity of the economy by 2030 pegged at 2005 levels, with carbon dioxide emissions peaking around 2030, perhaps earlier.