Ms Audrey Tan is from the National University of Singapore’s Centre for Nature-based Climate Solutions and Tropical Marine Science Institute, where she leads a team that aims to make the research accessible and relevant for the general public, policymakers and corporations. She was previously an assistant news editor and environment correspondent at The Straits Times, Singapore’s national broadsheet, where she covered environmental issues and climate change for about a decade. A two-time recipient of the Singapore Press Holdings’ (now known as SPH Media) Undergraduate and Graduate Journalism Scholarships, Ms Tan holds a masters degree in climate science and policy from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. She is an advisory committee member of the Pulitzer Center’s Rainforest Journalism Fund for Southeast Asia.