2030s explained

The 2030s (pronounced "twenty-thirties" or "two thousand and thirties"; shortened to "the '30s" also known as "The Thirties") 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 between 2031 and 2035.^[1]
• Targets of the goals of the United Nations' 2030 Agenda are set for 2030.^[2]
• Some climate-related goals from COP26 are for 2030:
  • The Glasgow Climate Pact aims to "[reduce] global carbon dioxide emissions by 55 percent by 2030 relative to the 2010 level".^[3] However, based on existing pledges the emissions in the year 2030 will be 14% higher than in 2010.^[4]
  • More than 100 countries pledged to reverse deforestation.
  • India plans to draw half of its energy requirement from renewable sources.^[5]
  • China aims to peak emissions before 2030.^[6]
• 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.^[7]
• The international community, including the United Nations, World Bank, and the United States, have set the goal of completely eradicating extreme poverty by 2030.^[8] 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.^[9]
• The World Health Organization and UNICEF have set a goal for universal access to basic sanitation by 2030.^[10]
• The United Nations has made it a goal that Internet access and literacy will be universal by 2030.^{[11] [12]}
• The World Bank has called for all countries to implement universal health care by this time.^[13]
• Transport for London making all buses electric
• Finland plans on being a nicotineless and smokeless country by 2030.

Expected events

2030

• April: Europa Clipper will arrive at Jupiter's moon Europa.^[14]
• 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.^[15]
• 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.
• 1,600 years of Council of Ephesus
• The 2031 Cricket World Cup will be held in India.
• The XXII Pan American Games will be held.
• The Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) will reach the Jovian system in July 2031.^[16]

2032

• July 23 – August 8: The 2032 Summer Olympics is expected to take place in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.^[17]
• June–July: Turkey and Italy will co-host the UEFA Euro 2032.^[18]
• November 2: The 2032 United States presidential election will be held.
• The Strait of Messina Bridge between Sicily and Calabria will be finished.

2033

• Credit cards and debit cards from Mastercard will not have a magnetic stripe.^[19]
• 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.^[20]
• The 2034 FIFA World Cup is set to be held in Saudi Arabia.
• Dragonfly is expected to land on Saturn's moon of Titan.

2035

• New petrol and diesel cars will be banned from sale in the United Kingdom, European Union and the Americas.^[21]
• ITER is expected to achieve full fusion in 2035.^[22]
• All regions of the Lower Volga, southern Western Siberia and part of the Far East will experience a shortage of water resources for agriculture.^[23]
• End of the project Pakistan Vision 2035, the prosecution of Pakistan Vision 2025 aimed at attaining regional and global leadership in its target sectors.^[24]
• The world population is expected to reach 9 billion around this time.^[25]

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.^[26]
• The 2036 Summer Olympics will be held.
• November 4: The 2036 United States presidential election will be held.

2037

• The Oxford English Dictionary is expected to publish its completed revised third edition.^[27]
• July 10: The Apollo 10 lunar module, Snoopy, will approach within 4 million miles of Earth.^[28]

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.

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.^[29]

See also

• List of decades
• Generation Z (the youngest members of that demographic, known as Zalphas, will enter adulthood by the end of the decade)
• Generation Alpha (the decade when the current children will enter adulthood)

Notes and References

1. Web site: SPACE.com Staff. August 31, 2011. Space Agencies Set Roadmap for Manned Mars Mission. March 15, 2012. Space.com.
2. Web site: Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development .:. Sustainable Development Knowledge Platform. October 6, 2020. sustainabledevelopment.un.org.
3. Book: Glasgow Climate Pact . The Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement . Glasgow . 3 . November 19, 2021 . November 15, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211115132413/https://unfccc.int/sites/default/files/resource/cma3_auv_2_cover%20decision.pdf . live.
4. Masood . Ehsan . Tollefson . Jeff . amp . November 14, 2021 . 'COP26 hasn't solved the problem': scientists react to UN climate deal . Nature . 599 . 7885 . 355–356 . 2021Natur.599..355M . 10.1038/d41586-021-03431-4 . 34782787 . 244132496 . free.
5. News: Frayer . Lauren . November 3, 2021 . India pledges net-zero emissions by 2070 — but also wants to expand coal mining . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20211114145317/https://www.npr.org/2021/11/03/1051805674/modi-india-cop26-coal-renewable-energy?t=1636899927203 . November 14, 2021 . November 17, 2024 . NPR.
6. News: Harvey . Fiona . Watts . Jonathan . Ni . Vincent . and . October 28, 2021 . China's new climate plan falls short of Cop26 global heating goal, experts say . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20211102112339/https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/oct/28/disappointing-but-not-unexpected-china-climate-goal-leaves-experts-unsatisfied . November 2, 2021 . November 2, 2021 . The Guardian.
7. Web site: September 11, 2020. 2030 Climate Target Plan. January 19, 2022. Climate Action – European Commission. en.
8. News: Tran . Mark . 30 May 2013 . New UN goals call for end to extreme poverty by 2030 | Global development . November 12, 2015 . The Guardian.
9. Web site: World Bank chief tells Stanford audience that ending extreme poverty is possible. December 1, 2015. Stanford University. November 3, 2015 .
10. Web site: How and Why Countries are Changing to Reach Universal Access in Rural Sanitation by 2030 | The Water Blog. November 12, 2015. Blogs.worldbank.org.
11. Web site: August 4, 2015. IFLA Welcomes the UN 2030 Agenda. November 12, 2015. Ifla.org.
12. Web site: McCarthy . Kieren . September 8, 2015 . United Nations pledges to get everyone online... by 2030 . November 17, 2024 . theregister.com.
13. Web site: August 10, 2015. UN Sustainable Development Goals for 2030 « International Literacy and Reading Blog. November 12, 2015. Blogs.ifla.org.
14. Web site: Foust . Jeff . February 10, 2021 . NASA to use commercial launch vehicle for Europa Clipper . live . https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20210216064656/https://spacenews.com/nasa%2Dto%2Duse%2Dcommercial%2Dlaunch%2Dvehicle%2Dfor%2Deuropa%2Dclipper/ . February 16, 2021 . November 12, 2024 . SpaceNews.
15. Web site: Zbibo . Zeina . November 28, 2023 . Saudi capital Riyadh to host World Expo 2030 . February 19, 2024 . Arab News . en.
16. Web site: NASA – NSSDCA – Spacecraft – Details . May 6, 2023 . nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov.
17. Web site: Dunbar. Graham. June 10, 2021. Brisbane set to be named 2032 Olympics host next month. June 10, 2021. Associated Press.
18. News: Selcuk Bugra Gokalp . Türkiye, Italy to co-host EURO 2032: UEFA . January 26, 2024 . . October 10, 2023 . en.
19. Web site: Goodbye magnetic stripe Mastercard . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20231013201339/https://www.mastercard.com/news/perspectives/2021/magnetic-stripe/ . October 13, 2023 . June 10, 2021 . Mastercard Newsroom.
20. News: Longman . Jeré . Panja . Tariq . Schmidt . Michael S. . and . July 24, 2024 . Salt Lake Awarded 2034 Olympics Under I.O.C. Pressure Over Doping Inquiries . July 24, 2024 . The New York Times.
21. News: November 18, 2020. Ban on new petrol and diesel cars in UK from 2030 under PM's green plan. en-GB. BBC News. November 22, 2020.
22. News: Solar power with a difference as ITER nuclear fusion assembly starts . . July 28, 2020 . January 18, 2022.
23. Shevchenko . V. A. . Isaeva . S. D. . Dedova . E. B. . 2023 . Новый этап развития мелиоративно-водохозяйственного комплекса Российской Федерации . A new stage in the development of the melioration and water management complex of the Russian Federation . live . . ru . 93 . 4 . 355-361 . 10.31857/S0869587323040114 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240216183756/https://new.ras.ru/upload/iblock/a8f/vfw1g7hafto3gx7qbnwgpmuljd0j8ykk.pdf#page=58 . February 16, 2024.
24. Book: Pakistan2025 .
25. Web site: World Population Projections – Worldometer . April 28, 2023 . worldometers.info . en.
26. News: Karsten . Joshua . March 7, 2019 . UN ruling raises questions about future of US mission in Diego Garcia . January 21, 2022 . Stars and Stripes . en.
27. News: Rachman. Tom. January 27, 2014. Deadline 2037: the making of the next Oxford English Dictionary. The Irish Times. August 27, 2019.
28. Dickinson . David . June 14, 2019 . Astronomers Might Have Found Apollo 10's "Snoopy" Module . Sky & Telescope.
29. Web site: 2024-06-11 . 'Insane' amounts of data spurs new storage tech . 2024-11-29 . BBC News . en-GB.