Alfie Gaffney is a Critical Decade for Climate Change Leverhulme Doctoral Scholar at the School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia (UEA), and Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research. His research examines the role of local politicians in delivering net zero, with a particular focus on the role of agency within local authority climate action planning processes in adverse and favourable contexts. Previously, he worked as a policy officer at both the Scottish Government and Royal Society of Edinburgh, and holds an MSc in environmental politics from the University of Edinburgh.