Maria Cristina Mundin leads International Lawyers Project's Environment and Sustainable Development programme. She is a Philippine-qualified lawyer and holds a Master's degree in Environmental Law at Queen Mary University of London. Cristina started her legal career working in the Office of the Solicitor General, where she defended the constitutionality of laws and state policies. Later on, she worked as a Law Clerk in the Supreme Court of the Philippines. As a law lecturer, she taught environmental and natural resources law and administrative law. With over ten years experience in legal practice, she has worked with grassroots communities and civil society groups from around the world to address issues on climate change, energy transition, natural resource governance, and biodiversity.