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Born and raised across the Pacific, Susana spent much of her childhood and teenage years in Tonga, Tuvalu, and the Solomon Islands, places where the beauty of island life meets the harsh realities of climate change. Over the years, she has witnessed firsthand how rising seas and environmental devastation have reshaped communities and legal frameworks.

The COP31 forum, also known as the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Conference of the Parties, is the most important annual global climate change summit. All countries that are parties to the UNFCCC participate in each year’s summit, where negotiations about fair climate change solutions occur and progress is tracked on global climate change goals.

In November 2000, John Ridgway leveraged his experience of living and working in the Pacific for nearly a decade to create the Pacific Legal Network (PLN).

Amy shares her reflections on what a typical day looks like as a graduate lawyer at PLN. Read more.

Imagine a place where land is not just a commodity, but a living, breathing part of the community’s soul. Customary landownership is more than just a legal concept, it is a vital thread in the fabric of cultural identity, social unity, and security.