Patrick DeRochie is the senior manager of Shift Action for Pension Wealth and Planet Health, a non-profit that works to protect pensions and the climate by engaging pension beneficiaries on the financial risks of climate change. He analyzes the climate risk policies and climate-related investments of Canada’s largest public pension funds and works with a network of beneficiaries to engage with their pension fund managers and trustees on climate risk and zero-carbon investment. He is also an expert in climate and energy policy who previously served as the climate and energy program manager for Environmental Defence, one of Canada’s leading environmental watchdog NGOs. DeRochie has also served as a policy and government relations specialist for one of Canada’s largest healthcare unions.