From 2031, it will be illegal to buy and sell the rubber granules that are scattered on artificial football pitches, so that they resemble grass pitches as much as possible.
This could pose a problem in Norway where there are around 1800 artificial pitches while the majority of the teams in the Norwegian Eliteserie also use them.
And time is short if Norwegian football is not to be left without a solution in six years. And consequently government funding is needed for the major transformation that lies ahead.
"Mobilization is required to establish a new plan which must go beyond the state budget. It requires an active policy to raise the power of football as a public health arena in the next ten years. It is endangered", says Klaveness.
It is the EU Commission who has decided that the purchase and sale of rubber granules must be prohibited in order to reduce pollution with microplastics.
According to the Norwegian news agency NTB, it will cost 7.35 billion Norwegian kroner (around 630 million EUROs) to replace the rubber granules with a more environmentally friendly alternative.
"The challenge is extreme. We know that rubber granules are an environmental challenge. We support it, but it cannot be at the expense of children and young people's participation", says Lise Klaveness.