Municipal communication policy regarding environmental challenges (on the example of Lower Silesia)

Abstract

This paper presents the partial results of research examining Lower Silesia’s municipal communication policies regarding environmental issues. This type of research is very rare in Poland. The research was carried out between 2016 and 2022. The research problem concerned the functioning of municipal information policy and the place in it of environmental issues. The formulated hypothesis, according to which the scope and forms of presentation of environmental issues are insufficient at the level of the commune and the local community, was validated and proved right. Indeed, it affected more than two-thirds of the municipalities surveyed. It was also possible to identify some of the most common mistakes in taking and implementing environmental measures in municipal information policies. The research conducted was not financed from external sources but was based on the use of the authors' own resources. None of the surveyed municipalities was interested in financing such research or even in using the results obtained.