Maxx Dilley Maxx Dilley directs the Climate Prediction and Adaptation Branch at the World Meteorological Organization. Prior to joining WMO he led the Disaster Risk Reduction and Recovery Team and was a policy and partnerships advisor at the United Nations Development Programme. He was previously a Research Scientist in the International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI) at Columbia University in New York, where he directed the Africa program and co-directed climate impacts research. Before that he worked for two years at the World Bank Disaster Management Facility and for seven years at the U.S. Agency for International Development’s Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance.
Dr. Dilley has a Doctorate and Master of Science degree from the Pennsylvania State University and a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Delaware, all in Geography. His primary area of expertise is in disaster risk management. He has designed, managed and contributed to disaster and risk management programs in Africa, Latin America and Asia and has authored numerous papers on disaster reduction and climate-related topics.