David has been with The Straits Times since 2014 as a supervisor on the foreign desk and as climate and environment writer. Prior to this, he was a senior editor and then climate correspondent for Reuters for 19 years in Hong Kong and Singapore. David has been writing about climate change and the environment since the late 1980s, after finishing his science degree in Canberra. He is also a commentary writer and co-host of ST’s Green Pulse podcast.