The Iowa United Nations Association and the Principal Financial Group Center for Global Citizenship at Drake will host an Oct. 23 climate change forum at Drake University. The session from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m in the Reading Room of Cowles Library will explore how Iowans can help support international initiatives to address climate change. The event is free and open to the public. Lunch is available for $17 and is free for students. Featured speakers will include Mary Christina Wood, the Philip K. Knight professor of law and faculty director of the environmental and natural resources law program at the University of Oregon; Chris Whatley, executive director of the United Nations Association of the USA; Todd Edwards, climate change officer at The Stanley Foundation; Bishop Richard Pates of the Catholic Diocese of Des Moines; and David Skidmore, Drake professor of politics and international relations.