Professor Ibrahim Ozdemir is a world-renowned ecologist who has been a consultant to the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) since 2015. He is Professor of Philosophy & Ecology and Founding President at Hasan Kalyoncu University, and previously was Director-General at the Department of Foreign Affairs in the Turkish Ministry of Education. He was a lead member of the drafting team for the Islamic Declaration on Global Climate Change adopted at the International Islamic Climate Change Symposium in Istanbul, and endorsed by the UN United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). He is also a Higher Committee judge for The Award of The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for Environmental Management in The Islamic World.