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SPARE news and events
News and events
SPARE news and events
Mindre friluftsaktivitet etter flatehogst
En ny artikkel fra NINA illustrerer «Space for resilience»-tematikken som står sentralt i SPARE prosjektet. Artikkelen viser en metode...
Mar 10
People first: Our study tour report is out
Our consortium travelled to England in September last year for a study tour. Based on in this tour, we wrote a report showcasing...
Jun 17, 2024
Learn more about stormwater and space for resilience in the upcoming VAnnforsk webinar
The SPARE project will be represented at the VAnnforsk webinar about stormwater on Friday, April 26th, from 10 to 11 AM. Project manager...
Apr 23, 2024
Oslo adopted a new Stormwater Guidebook
In September 2023, Oslo adopted a new Stormwater Guidebook "Requirements and Guidance for Stormwater Management in the City of Oslo". The...
Jan 19, 2024
SPARE annual meeting
The annual meeting of SPARE took place over two days last week in NIVA's Oslo offices. The consortium gathered together to provide a...
Feb 9, 2023
Webinar: Nature-based solutions in a cold climate
How do nature-based solutions for stormwater work when it's cold? And are there other important things to think about when we work with...
Jan 27, 2023
Working With Nature-Based Solutions: Synthesis and mapping of status in the Nordics
NIVA recently published a new synthesis report and other resources from the S-ITUATION project, lead by NIVA and funded by the Nordic...
Jan 6, 2023
The Nature Agreement (COP15): Climate adaptation must not come at the expense of biodiversity
A new international nature agreement was adopted in Montreal at COP-15, the UN conference on biological diversity, in December 2022. The...
Dec 21, 2022
Webinar: Stormwater and blue-green infrastructure in Norwegian cities
How are the municipalities working with blue-green solutions? This was the topic in the webinar series "Naturbasert sone" in October (in...
Dec 9, 2022
Nettverk: Tverrfaglig forum for blågrønn infrastruktur
Vi er i gang med å etablere et nettverk for å dele blågrønne erfaringer og kunnskap – bli med! Meld din interesse her og vi vil gjerne ha...
Dec 8, 2022
Valuing nature is important to solve the nature crisis
One of our partners, the Norwegian institute for nature research (NINA) published a story map to introduce ten main messages from the...
Oct 31, 2022
SPARE at the IWA World Water Congress 2022
A group of people from the SPARE project attended the World Water Congress and Exhibition in Copenhagen, September 2022. This was an...
Sep 30, 2022
Green community preparedness
- SPARE a thought for Oslo’s green and blue spaces, and its trees in particular, says David Barton (NINA). They are key spaces and...
Jul 4, 2022
12 pieces of advice for success with blue-green infrastructures
One of our collaboration partners, Bent Christen Braskerud, from the City of Oslo, presented his and the Agency's experiences with...
Jul 4, 2022
Webinar series on nature-based solutions
Learn more about nature-based solutions (NBS) in the new webinar series, “Naturbasert sone,” launched Thursday, 24th March 2022. The...
Mar 16, 2022
SPARE kick-off
The kick-off for Project SPARE took place Friday, 12 November 2021 at Bykuben in Oslo. The consortium gathered together to get to know...
Feb 11, 2022
External events
Seminars, conferences and webinars
Webinar, May 14, 2024
Strategies for heavy rainfall and stormwater management (in Norwegian)
The Norwegian Environment Agency invited the City of Stockholm to present how they are working systematically to prepare for heavy rainfall and stormwater, in the short and long term.
Time: May 14, 2024
Place: Microsoft Teams
More information and registration is here
Extenal events
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