Alison Stuart qualified as a solicitor before becoming a lecturer in law. She has always been passionate about human rights, nature and equality. After a pivotal moment in 2014, when she realised that climate change was the most pressing issue facing the world, she co-created Aberdeen Climate Action in 2014 and, since 2016, has ran it, building it and community climate action up in the Northeast of Scotland. In 2021, Alison was invited by the Scottish Government to set up 1 of 2 pathfinder regional community climate action hub pilot schemes in Scotland. In November 2021, Alison set up North East Scotland Climate Action Network (NESCAN) Hub. Alison has been invited to speak at numerous conferences, events and on television and radio on climate action, a just transition and involving communities in getting to net zero.
