2030s

The 2030s (pronounced "twenty-thirties" or "two thousand [and] thirties"; shortened to "the '30s" and also known as "The Thirties" ^[1] ) is the next decade in the Gregorian calendar that will begin on January 1, 2030, and end on December 31, 2039.

Plans and goals

• NASA plans to execute a crewed mission to Mars by the mid-2030s. ^[2]
• Targets of the goals of the United Nations' 2030 Agenda are set for 2030. ^[3]
• Some climate-related goals from COP26 are for 2030:
  • The Glasgow Climate Pact aims to "[reduce] global carbon dioxide emissions by 55% by 2030 relative to the 2010 level". ^[4] However, based on existing pledges the emissions in the year 2030 will be 14% higher than in 2010. ^[5]
  • More than 100 countries pledged to reverse deforestation.
  • India plans to draw half of its energy requirement from renewable sources. ^[6]
  • China aims to peak CO₂ emissions before 2030. ^[7]
• The 2030 Climate Target Plan of the EU aims to cut greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55% by 2030. The European Commission made proposals in July 2021 for how to achieve this goal. ^[8]
• The international community, including the United Nations, World Bank, and the United States, have set the goal of completely eradicating extreme poverty by 2030. ^[9] Noting a significant decline in extreme poverty since 1990, the World Bank has noted that the end of extreme poverty is in sight and pledged to cut it down to at most 3% of the world's population by this time. ^[10]
• The World Health Organization and UNICEF have set a goal for universal access to basic sanitation by 2030. ^[11]
• The United Nations has made it a goal that Internet access and literacy will be universal by 2030. ^{[12] [13]}
• The World Bank has called for all countries to implement universal health care by this time. ^[14]
• Kenya Vision 2030
• Saudi Vision 2030
• Egypt Vision 2030
• Qatar National Vision 2030
• National Development Plan 2030
• Eritrea Vision 2030
• France 2030
• Sudan Vision 2030
• Bahrain Economic Vision 2030
• Djibouti Vision 2035
• Kuwait Vision 2035
• Transport for London making all buses electric
• Finland plans on being a nicotineless and smokeless country by 2030.

Expected events

2030

Main article: 2030

• April: Europa Clipper will arrive at Jupiter's moon Europa. ^[15]
• The 2030 Winter Olympics will be held in French Alps.
• The 2030 FIFA World Cup will be held in Spain, Portugal, and Morocco (with anniversary match hosts Uruguay, Argentina, and Paraguay).
• The 2030 World Expo will be held in Saudi Arabia in its capital city of Riyadh. ^[16]
• The 2030 Mediterranean Games are expected to take place in Pristina, Kosovo.

2031

• NASA plans to deorbit the International Space Station in January this year, directing any unbroken remnants into Point Nemo in the South Pacific Ocean.
• The 2031 Rugby World Cup will be held in the United States.
• The 2031 Cricket World Cup will be held in India.
• The XXII Pan American Games will be held.
• The 2031 Women's World Cup will be held.
• The Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) will reach the Jovian system in July 2031. ^[17]
• The Kazakh language will switch its writing script from the Cyrillic alphabet to the Latin alphabet.

2032

"2032" redirects here. For the album, see 2032 (album).

• July 23 – August 8: The 2032 Summer Olympics is expected to take place in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. ^[18]
• June–July: Turkey and Italy will co-host the UEFA Euro 2032. ^[19]
• November 2: The 2032 United States presidential election will be held.
• The Strait of Messina Bridge between Sicily and Calabria will be finished.
• December 22: The asteroid 2024 YR4 will pass by Earth with a greater than 1% chance of striking the planet. ^[20]

2033

"2033" redirects here. For the film, see 2033 (film).

• Credit cards and debit cards from Mastercard will not have a magnetic stripe. ^[21]
• The 2033 Women's Rugby World Cup will be held in the United States.

2034

• The 2034 Winter Olympics is scheduled to be held in Salt Lake City, Utah, in the United States. ^[22]
• The 2034 FIFA World Cup is set to be held in Saudi Arabia.
• Dragonfly is expected to land on Saturn's moon of Titan. ^[23]

2035

• New petrol and diesel cars will be banned from sale in the United Kingdom and European Union. ^[24]
• ITER is expected to achieve full fusion in 2035. ^[25]
• All regions of the Lower Volga, southern Western Siberia and part of the Far East will experience a shortage of water resources for agriculture. ^[26]
• End of the project Pakistan Vision 2035, the successor to Pakistan Vision 2025 aimed at attaining regional and global leadership in its target sectors. ^[27]
• The world population is expected to reach 9 billion around this time. ^[28]

2036

• The United States military's lease on the island of Diego Garcia, part of the British Indian Ocean Territory, will expire if it is not renewed. ^[29]
• The 2036 Summer Olympics will be held.
• November 4: The 2036 United States presidential election will be held.

2037

"2037" redirects here. For the film, see 2037 (film).

• The Oxford English Dictionary is expected to publish its completed revised third edition. ^[30]
• July 10: The Apollo 10 lunar module, Snoopy, will approach within 4 million miles of Earth. ^[31]

2038

• January 19: Any computer systems still measuring time with signed 32-bit Unix time will fail because of the year 2038 problem.
• The 2038 FIFA World Cup will be held the location of which has not been determined.

2039

• September 2: The destroyers-for-bases deal's 99-year rent-free leases to the United States by the United Kingdom will expire.
• Commemorations of the centenary of World War II will begin this year, continuing through 2045. ^[32]
• The 2039 FIFA Women's World Cup will be held the location of which has not been determined.

See also

• List of decades
• Generation Z (The youngest members of that generation will enter legal adulthood in 2030).
• Generation Alpha (The majority of that demographic will come of age in this decade).

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