Jotzo obtained his doctorate and masters degrees from the Australian National University.^[3] His undergraduate studies was in economics in Humboldt University Berlin.^[4]

Jotzo has been a professor of economics at the Australian National University (ANU) since 2006. He concurrently holds positions as the Head of Energy at the ANU’s Institute for Climate Energy and Disaster Solutions (ICEDS), Director of the Grand Challenge Zero Carbon Energy for Asia-Pacific and Centre for Climate and Energy Change Policy, and various committee and advisory roles within the university. Prior to joining academia, he worked as a research economist at Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics (ABARE). Concurrently to his university roles, he has worked as an advisor to Australian federal and subnational governments and for international bodies.^[5]

Jotzo held senior author roles with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change including as Lead Author in Working Group II in the 6th and 5th Assessment Reports and member of the core writing team of the 6th Assessment Report Synthesis Report.^[6][7] He was the joint editor-in-chief of the journal Climate Policy during 2017 to 2023.^[8]

Jotzo has published more than 60 peer-reviewed journal articles as listed on Scopus, and many other publications, with over 6,000 citations of his work listed on Google Scholar.^[9] He regularly contributes to academic journalism and the media. In 2019, he was listed as one of the top 50 global "influencers on renewables and future of energy".^[10]

Jotzo has advised national and state governments, Australian businesses, international organisations, and multilateral government bodies. He regularly speaks at conferences and appears on a variety of media platforms.^[1] He has been involved in a number of policy research and advisory exercises for Australian federal governments, including as senior advisor to Australia's Garnaut Climate Change Review, and other reviews.^[11][12] In September 2023, Jotzo was announced as the lead of the Australian Government's Carbon Leakage Review. The review is intended to assess carbon leakage risks, develop related policies, and assess the feasibility of an Australian Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism.^[13][14]

Jotzo has advised Australian state governments on climate change policy and related issues, including as a member of the Australian Capital Territory's Climate Change Council and as a member of government advisory bodies to the States of Victoria, New South Wales and South Australia.^{[15][16][17][18][19]}

He has also worked as advisor to Indonesia's Minister of Finance and to the World Bank.^[11] is also a member of the Clean Energy Capacity Study Steering Committee, China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development, and Mercator Institute for Global Commons and Climate Change.^[20][21]

• Mercator Institute for Global Commons and Climate Change, Chair of International Expert Advisory Board (since 2017)^[21]
• China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development, member of special policy studies (since 2016)^[22]
• Climate Strategies international expert network, Member (since 2015)^[23]
• Economic Society of Australia, Member of National Economic Panel (since 2023)^[24]

• Climate Policy journal, editorial board member (2011-2014 and since 2024) and former joint editor in chief (2017-2023)^[25]
• Economics of Energy and Environmental Policy, Editorial Board Member (since 2017)^[26]
• Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, associate editor (2013-2016)^[5]

• Frank Jotzo ANU Research Profile