Pete Falloon

Professor of Climate Resilient Food Systems & Co-Lead of the Cabot Institute theme on Food Security

Science Lead – Food Security, Met Office 

Pete is Professor of Climate Resilient Food Systems in the School of Biological Sciences. His research interests are in climate change and food systems. He is also co-lead of the Cabot Institute theme on Food Security.

Pete has over 25 years of experience in modelling environmental systems, particularly the impacts of climate and land use change on agriculture, water, and soils. He is a contributing author to the UK’s Climate Change Risk Assessment (CCRA) and a member of the Global Food Security Programme’s Programme Coordination Group board and supported the UK government in the IPCC Working Group 2 approval phase as part of the UK delegation.

Pete has also been working at the Met Office Hadley Centre for Climate Science and Services since 2004, is currently the Met Office Science Lead - Food Security, and leads the Met Office's Climate Service for Defra on Food, Farming and Natural Environment for Defra. He is also Sustainability Director at Food Drink Devon, which exists to promote quality, provenance and sustainability in Devon produce. He is also an Honorary Associate at the Walker Institute.