2030

• January 1 – Books, films and other works published in 1934 will enter the public domain.
• February 1 – February 17 – The 2030 Winter Olympics is scheduled to be held in the French Alps.{{Cite web |date=July 24, 2024 |title=France to host 2030 Winter Olympics & Paralympics |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/articles/cyx524d5zqgo#:~:text=Under%20the%20French%20bid%2C%20the,the%20first%20since%20Albertville%201992. |website=BBC |access-date=January 1, 2025}}
• April – Europa Clipper will arrive at Jupiter's moon Europa.{{Cite web |last=Foust |first=Jeff |date=February 10, 2021 |title=NASA to use commercial launch vehicle for Europa Clipper |url=https://spacenews.com/nasa-to-use-commercial-launch-vehicle-for-europa-clipper/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20210216064656/https://spacenews.com/nasa%2Dto%2Duse%2Dcommercial%2Dlaunch%2Dvehicle%2Dfor%2Deuropa%2Dclipper/ |archive-date=February 16, 2021 |access-date=November 12, 2024 |publisher=SpaceNews}}
• June 8 – July 21 – The 2030 FIFA World Cup is scheduled to be held in Spain, Portugal, and Morocco (with anniversary match hosts Uruguay, Argentina, and Paraguay).{{Cite web |date=December 12, 2024 |title=Spain, Portugal and Morocco to co-host 2030 World Cup |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/articles/cwy8nqg0z1vo#:~:text=Fifa%20has%20announced%20that%20Spain,will%20officially%20stage%20the%20tournament. |access-date=January 1, 2025 |website= BBC|language=en}}
• October 1 – The 2030 World Expo will be opened in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.{{Cite web |last=Zbibo |first=Zeina |date=November 28, 2023 |title=Saudi capital Riyadh to host World Expo 2030 |url=https://arab.news/6fch8 |access-date=February 19, 2024 |website=Arab News |language=en}}
• July 24 – August 4 – The 2030 Mediterranean Games are expected to take place in Pristina, Kosovo.{{Cite web |last=Si |first=Nen |date=December 20, 2024 |title=Agreement for "Mediterranean Games 2030" organization signed during Rama-Kurti meeting |url=https://euronews.al/en/agreement-for-mediterranean-games-2030-organization-signed-during-rama-kurti-meeting/ |access-date=January 1, 2025 |website=Euronews Albania |language=en}}
• November 5 – The United States midterm elections are scheduled to be held.

• Predicted (in 2022) the year in which both the Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 space probes will run out of power and cease transmission. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/record-breaking-voyager-spacecraft-begin-to-power-down/
• New petrol and diesel cars will be banned from sale in the UK.{{Cite news|date=18 November 2020|title=Ban on new petrol and diesel cars in UK from 2030 under PM's green plan|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-54981425|access-date=22 November 2020}}
• Masdar City in Abu Dhabi, UAE, is expected to be completed by 2030.{{cite web|date=19 September 2016|title=Lessons From a City Built Without Light Switches and Water Taps|url=http://www.takepart.com/article/2016/09/19/cities-future-need-be-nimble-stay-green|access-date=23 October 2016|publisher=TakePart|archive-date=18 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161018153847/http://www.takepart.com/article/2016/09/19/cities-future-need-be-nimble-stay-green|url-status=dead}}
• The 2030 Asian Games are scheduled to be held in Doha.
• A Japanese construction firm, the Shimizu Corporation, in concert with many research firms and government agencies, has plans for an underwater city of 5,000 people called the "ocean spiral" {{convert|2.8|mi|km|disp=flip|abbr=on}} off the Japanese coast, which will consist of a giant sphere containing homes and businesses situated just below the surface, held up by a {{convert|9|mi|km|adj=on|disp=flip|abbr=on}} spiral descending to the seabed, where there will be a submarine port and a factory powering the city by using microorganisms that turn carbon dioxide into methane. The Shimizu Corporation plans to start construction in 2025.{{cite web |url=http://www.huhmagazine.co.uk/8213/underwater-cities-could-be-a-reality-by-2030 |title=Underwater Cities Could Be A Reality By 2030 | HUH |publisher=Huhmagazine.co.uk |accessdate=2016-04-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160425021457/http://www.huhmagazine.co.uk/8213/underwater-cities-could-be-a-reality-by-2030 |archive-date=April 25, 2016 |url-status=dead }}{{cite news|author = |url=http://www.cnn.com/2014/12/14/business/underwater-city-japan/ |title=Insane Ocean Spiral proposed as giant underwater city |publisher=CNN.com |date=2015-01-03 |accessdate=2016-04-16}}
• Targets of the goals of the United Nations' 2030 Agenda are set for 2030.{{cite web|title=Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development .:. Sustainable Development Knowledge Platform|url=https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/post2015/transformingourworld/|access-date=October 6, 2020|website=sustainabledevelopment.un.org}}
• 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".{{cite book |title=Glasgow Climate Pact |publisher=The Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement |location=Glasgow |page=3 |url=https://unfccc.int/sites/default/files/resource/cma3_auv_2_cover%20decision.pdf |access-date=November 19, 2021 |archive-date=November 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211115132413/https://unfccc.int/sites/default/files/resource/cma3_auv_2_cover%20decision.pdf |url-status=live}} However, based on existing pledges the emissions in the year 2030 will be 14% higher than in 2010.{{cite journal |last1=Masood |first1=Ehsan |last2=Tollefson |first2=Jeff |name-list-style=amp |date=November 14, 2021 |title='COP26 hasn't solved the problem': scientists react to UN climate deal |journal=Nature |volume=599 |issue=7885 |pages=355–356 |bibcode=2021Natur.599..355M |doi=10.1038/d41586-021-03431-4 |pmid=34782787 |s2cid=244132496 |doi-access=free}}
• More than 100 countries pledged to reverse deforestation.
• India plans to draw half of its energy requirement from renewable sources.{{cite news |last=Frayer |first=Lauren |date=November 3, 2021 |title=India pledges net-zero emissions by 2070 — but also wants to expand coal mining |url=https://www.npr.org/2021/11/03/1051805674/modi-india-cop26-coal-renewable-energy?t=1636899927203 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211114145317/https://www.npr.org/2021/11/03/1051805674/modi-india-cop26-coal-renewable-energy?t=1636899927203 |archive-date=November 14, 2021 |access-date=November 17, 2024 |work=NPR}}
• China aims to peak {{CO2}} emissions before 2030.{{cite news |last1=Harvey |first1=Fiona |last2=Watts |first2=Jonathan |last3=Ni |first3=Vincent |name-list-style=and |date=October 28, 2021 |title=China's new climate plan falls short of Cop26 global heating goal, experts say |url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/oct/28/disappointing-but-not-unexpected-china-climate-goal-leaves-experts-unsatisfied |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211102112339/https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/oct/28/disappointing-but-not-unexpected-china-climate-goal-leaves-experts-unsatisfied |archive-date=November 2, 2021 |access-date=November 2, 2021 |work=The Guardian}}
• 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.{{cite web|date=September 11, 2020|title=2030 Climate Target Plan|url=https://ec.europa.eu/clima/policies/eu-climate-action/2030_ctp_en|access-date=January 19, 2022|website=Climate Action – European Commission|language=en}}
• The international community, including the United Nations, World Bank, and the United States, have set the goal of completely eradicating extreme poverty by 2030.{{cite news |last=Tran |first=Mark |date=30 May 2013 |title=New UN goals call for end to extreme poverty by 2030 | Global development |url=https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2013/may/30/un-end-extreme-poverty-2030-goals |access-date=November 12, 2015 |newspaper=The Guardian}} 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.{{Cite web |date=November 3, 2015 |title=World Bank chief tells Stanford audience that ending extreme poverty is possible |url=https://news.stanford.edu/stories/2015/11/global-world-bank-110315 |access-date=2025-04-14 |website=Stanford University}}
• The World Health Organization and UNICEF have set a goal for universal access to basic sanitation by 2030.{{cite web|title=How and Why Countries are Changing to Reach Universal Access in Rural Sanitation by 2030 | The Water Blog|url=http://blogs.worldbank.org/water/how-and-why-countries-are-changing-reach-universal-access-rural-sanitation-2030|access-date=November 12, 2015|publisher=Blogs.worldbank.org}}
• The United Nations has made it a goal that Internet access and literacy will be universal by 2030.{{cite web|date=August 4, 2015|title=IFLA Welcomes the UN 2030 Agenda|url=http://www.ifla.org/node/9726|access-date=November 12, 2015|publisher=Ifla.org}}{{cite news |last=McCarthy |first=Kieren |date=September 8, 2015 |title=United Nations pledges to get everyone online... by 2030 |url=https://www.theregister.com/2015/09/08/united_nations_to_get_everyone_online_by_2030/ |access-date=November 17, 2024 |publisher=theregister.com}} French demographist Emmanuel Todd forecasted that the global literacy rates will be almost 100% by this year.Todd, Emmanuel (2003). After the Empire: The Breakdown of the American Order. New York: Columbia University Press. {{ISBN|0-231-13102-X}}.
• The World Bank has called for all countries to implement universal health care by this time.{{cite web|date=August 10, 2015|title=UN Sustainable Development Goals for 2030 « International Literacy and Reading Blog|url=http://blogs.ifla.org/literacy-reading/2015/08/10/un-sustainable-development-goals-for-2030/|access-date=November 12, 2015|publisher=Blogs.ifla.org}}
• Kenya Vision 2030
• Saudi Vision 2030
• Egypt Vision 2030
• Qatar National Vision 2030
• National Development Plan 2030
• Eritrea Vision 2030
• Sudan Vision 2030
• Bahrain Economic Vision 2030
• Transport for London making all buses electric.
• Finland plans on being a nicotine-free and smoke-free country by 2030.{{cite web|date=May 2023|title=Next steps towards tobacco and nicotine free Finland by 2030|url=https://portal-uat.who.int/fctcapps/sites/default/files/2023-05/Annex_Next-steps-towards-tobacco-and-nicotine-free-Finland-by-2030_Finland.pdf|access-date=February 27, 2025|publisher=World Health Organization}}

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