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Audrey Tan is an assistant news editor at The Straits Times, a news outlet based in Singapore. She helms coverage of environmental issues at the publication, and has over a decade's worth of experience covering issues related to climate change, biodiversity conservation, and international climate negotiations. She has a special interest in how Southeast Asia is affected by the planetary crises of climate change and nature loss, and how the region is responding to the planetary emergencies. In 2022, she was part of a team that received a grant from the Pulitzer Center’s Rainforest Journalism Fund Southeast Asia to pursue an investigative piece on the region’s post-pandemic bushmeat trade, and its implications for forest and human health. Audrey holds a masters degree in climate science and policy from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography.