Peter Christoff teaches and writes about climate change politics and policy at the University of Melbourne. His books include ‘Four Degrees of Global Warming – Australia in a Hot World’ and ‘Globalization and the Environment’ (with Robyn Eckersley).

Before joining academia, he worked in government as Victoria’s Assistant Commissioner for the Environment and helped establish Victoria’s state of environment reporting program. He also served on the Victorian Premier’s Climate Change Advisory Group, and the Advisory Council on Climate Adaptation.

Peter has a long history of activism on climate and environment protection, and disarmament. He is currently Chair of CLIMARTE, a small NGO focusing on the links between the visual arts and climate change awareness. He’s been on the Boards of the Australian Conservation Foundation (including as its Vice-President between 2004-2012), Environment Victoria, and Greenpeace Australia-Pacific.