2030s

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

• NASA targets that decade for a crewed mission to Mars, with significant progress made through its Artemis program and Mars-focused technology development.^[1] The Artemis missions, including the Artemis II crewed lunar flyby and the planned Artemis IV lunar landing, are designed to test systems and capabilities essential for Mars exploration.^[2] NASA has also introduced a new class of astronauts in 2025 who may participate in future missions to the Moon and Mars.^[3] According to NASA's Mars Exploration Program, the agency is actively developing technologies and strategies to enable sustainable human presence on Mars, including nuclear power systems, advanced habitats and in-situ resource utilization.^[4]
• Targets of the goals of the United Nations' 2030 Agenda are set for 2030.^[5]
• 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".^[6] However, based on existing pledges the emissions in the year 2030 will be 14% higher than in 2010.^[7]
  • More than 100 countries pledged to reverse deforestation.
  • India plans to draw half of its energy requirement from renewable sources.^[8]
  • China aims to peak CO₂ emissions before 2030.^[9]
• 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.^[10]
• The international community, including the United Nations, World Bank and the United States, have set the goal of completely eradicating extreme poverty by 2030.^[11] 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.^[12]
• The World Health Organization and UNICEF have set a goal for universal access to basic sanitation by 2030.^[13]
• The United Nations has made it a goal that Internet access and literacy will be universal by 2030.^[14][15]
• The World Bank has called for all countries to implement universal health care by this time.^[16]
• The Kenya Vision 2030 aims to raise the average standard of living in Kenya to middle income by 2030.
• Saudi Vision 2030
• Egypt Vision 2030
• Qatar National Vision 2030
• National Development Plan 2030
• Eritrea Vision 2030
• Sudan Vision 2030
• Kuwait Vision 2035
• Transport for London plans to make all buses electric.
• Finland plans on being a nicotineless and smokeless country by 2030.

• 1–17 February: The 2030 Winter Olympics will be held in French Alps.
• April: Europa Clipper will arrive at Jupiter's moon Europa.^[17]
• 8 June – 21 July: The 2030 FIFA World Cup will be held in Spain, Portugal and Morocco (with anniversary match hosts Uruguay, Argentina and Paraguay).^[18]
• 24 July – 4 August: The 2030 Mediterranean Games are expected to take place in Pristina, Kosovo.^[19]
• The 2030 World Expo will be held in Saudi Arabia in its capital city of Riyadh.^[20]
• In Paris, France, the Centre Pompidou is expected to open after renovations starting in September 2025.^[21]

• 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 Costa Rica, Jamaica, Mexico, and the United States.
• 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.^[22]
• 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.
• The Universal United Kingdom theme park is scheduled to open (subject to planning approvals).

• 23 July – 8 August: The 2032 Summer Olympics is expected to take place in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.^[23]
• June–July: Turkey and Italy will co-host the UEFA Euro 2032.^[24]
• 22 December: The asteroid 2024 YR4 which once had an impact rating of 3 on the Torino scale will pass by Earth.^[25]

• No credit and debit cards from Mastercard will have a magnetic stripe.^[26]
• The 2033 Women's Rugby World Cup will be held in the United States.

• 10–26 February: The 2034 Winter Olympics is scheduled to be held in Salt Lake City, Utah, in the United States.^[27]
• The 2034 FIFA World Cup is set to be held in Saudi Arabia.
• Dragonfly is expected to land on Saturn's moon of Titan.^[28]
• End of the project Northern Link (MTR), a rapid transit line in Hong Kong.
• The city of Rochester, New York, will turn 200 and intends to complete its fourth comprehensive plan called "Rochester 2034".^[29]

• A fully fault-tolerant quantum computer is expected.^[30]
• New petrol and diesel cars will be banned from sale in the United Kingdom and European Union.^[31][32]
• ITER is expected to achieve full fusion in 2035.^[33]
• 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.^[34]
• End of the project Pakistan Vision 2035, the successor to Pakistan Vision 2025 aimed at attaining regional and global leadership in its target sectors.^[35]

• 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.^[36]
• The 2036 Summer Olympics will be held.
• One of the METI messages Cosmic Call 2 sent from the 70-meter Eupatoria Planetary Radar in 2003 arrives at its destination, the Gliese 49 system.^[37]

• The Oxford English Dictionary is expected to publish its completed revised third edition.^[38]
• 10 July: The Apollo 10 lunar module, "Snoopy", will make a 4 million mile close approach to Earth.^[39]

• 19 January: At 3:14 AM, computer systems recording time with signed 32-bit Unix time will report the date as being 13 December 1901, due to the year 2038 problem.^[40]
• 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.^[41]

• List of decades, centuries, and millennia
• Generation Z (the youngest members of that generation will not enter legal adulthood until 2030).
• Generation Alpha (the majority of that generation that will come of age in this decade will have entered adulthood in 2031).
• Generation Beta (the children and teenagers of the decade).