The DIRECTED Project is, by its nature, a highly collaborative project that from the outset will need the delivery of well thought out communications and dissemination actions that are tailored to the target audiences it wishes to address. The Project will use a range of techniques including detailed stakeholder engagement work using the Risk-Tandem Framework tool, production of training materials and training of trainers, tool demonstrations, as well as more uniform modern communication techniques such as mass media, website, social media, video, podcasts, webinars, blogs, published papers and conference dissemination. It will also target policy-maker communication and dissemination through developing policy briefs and specific policy-maker meetings and engagement. Our goal is to deliver a comprehensive communications and dissemination programme that engages, informs and influences our target audiences and enables us to move towards our outcomes and in the longer term see the impacts we wish to make. Specifically, our target audiences include: 1) First and second responders 2) Regional and municipal civil authorities - including disaster management, planning authorities and cross regional municipalities 3) Physical and social scientific organisations - those who work in climate change, natural disaster sciences and damage and loss, governance and innovation 4) The general public - will be represented by municipalities This strategy provides a broad outline of our goals and the communication and dissemination techniques we will use, as well as the Year 1 Communications and Dissemination plan that can be found at the end of the report.