2030s

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

• 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 " 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
• Kuwait Vision 2035
• Transport for London making all buses electric
• Finland plans on being a nicotineless and smokeless country by 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.

• 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 FIFA Women's World Cup will be held in the United States and other CONCACAF hosts.
• 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.^[17]
• In Kazakhstan, the switch of the writing script of the Kazakh language from the Cyrillic alphabet to the Latin alphabet is scheduled to be fully implemented by 2031.
• In the United Kingdom, the Universal Studios United Kingdom theme park is expected to open subject to planning approvals.

• As of 2025, the Strait of Messina Bridge between Sicily and Calabria is projected to be opened for traffic in 2032.
• 23 July – 8 August: 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]
• 2 November: The 2032 United States presidential election is scheduled to be held.
• 22 December: The asteroid 2024 YR4 which once had a impact rating of 3 on the Torino scale will pass by Earth.^[20]

• No credit and debit cards from Mastercard will have a magnetic stripe.^[21]
• The 2033 Women's Rugby World Cup will be held in the United States.

• 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]
• End of the project Northern Link (MTR), a rapid transit line in Hong Kong.

• 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]
• The 2035 FIFA Women's World Cup will be held in the United Kingdom.
• 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]

• 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.
• 4 November: The 2036 United States presidential election will be held.

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

• 19 January: Any computer systems still measuring time with signed 32-bit Unix time will fail because of the year 2038 problem.
• 25 April: Latest possible date for Easter, last occurred 1943.
• The 2038 FIFA World Cup will be held the location of which has not been determined.

• 2 September: 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.

• 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).
• Generation Beta (the children and teenagers of the decade).