2060
Millennium: | 3rd millennium |
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2060 by topic: |
Arts |
Architecture – Comics – Film – Home video – Literature (Poetry) – Music (Country, Metal, UK) – Radio – Television – Video gaming |
Politics |
Elections – International leaders – Sovereign states Sovereign state leaders – Territorial governors |
Science and technology |
Archaeology – Aviation – Birding/Ornithology – Meteorology – Palaeontology – Rail transport – Spaceflight |
Sports |
Association football (soccer) – Athletics (track and field) – Badminton – Baseball – Basketball – Boxing – Cricket – Golf – Horse racing – Ice hockey – Motorsport – Road cycling – Rugby league – Rugby union – Table tennis – Tennis – Volleyball |
By place |
Afghanistan – Albania – Algeria – Antarctica – Argentina – Armenia – Australia – Austria – Azerbaijan – Bangladesh – Belgium – Bhutan – Bosnia and Herzegovina – Brazil – Canada – Cape Verde – Chile – China – Colombia – Costa Rica – Croatia – Cuba – Denmark – El Salvador – Egypt – Estonia – Ethiopia – European Union – Finland – France – Georgia – Germany – Ghana – Greece – Guatemala – Hungary – Iceland – India – Indonesia – Iraq – Iran – Ireland – Israel – Italy – Japan – Kenya – Kuwait – Laos – Latvia – Libya – Lithuania – Luxembourg – Macau – Malaysia – Mexico – Moldova – Myanmar – Nepal – Netherlands – New Zealand – Nigeria – North Korea – Norway – Pakistan – Palestinian territories – Philippines – Poland – Romania – Russia – Rwanda – Serbia – Singapore – South Africa – South Korea – Spain – Sri Lanka – Sweden – Taiwan – Tanzania – Thailand – Turkey – Ukraine – United Arab Emirates – United Kingdom – United States – Venezuela – Vietnam – Yemen – Zimbabwe |
Other topics |
Awards – Law – Religious leaders |
Birth and death categories |
Births – Deaths |
Establishments and disestablishments categories |
Establishments – Disestablishments |
Works and introductions categories |
Works – Introductions Works entering the public domain |
2060 (MMLX) will be a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2060th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 60th year of the 3rd millennium, the 60th year of the 21st century, and the 1st year of the 2060s decade.
Predictions
- April 30 – A solar eclipse is predicted to occur.[1]
- October 24 – A solar eclipse is predicted to occur.[2]
- One third of the world's energy could be solar, according to projections by the International Energy Agency (IEA).[3]
- Temperatures could rise by 4°C.[4][5]
- Sea levels will rise by 9-24 inches.[6]
- China and India combined will be economically larger than the entire developed world.[7]
- The Office for National Statistics has predicted that the United Kingdom's population will be 81 million.[8]
- Japan estimates that 40% of its population will be of retirement age,[9] whilst its population will have shrunk by 30% from its maximum.[10]
Metaphysical speculation
- Isaac Newton predicted that the world, according to his interpretation of the Bible, would end no sooner than 2060.[11]
In fiction
References
- ↑ "Total Solar Eclipse of 2060 Apr 30". Retrieved 2013-06-23.
- ↑ "Annular Solar Eclipse of 2060 Oct 24". NASA. Retrieved 2013-06-23.
- ↑ "One Third of World's Energy Could Be Solar by 2060, Predicts Historically Conservative IEA". World Future Energy Summit. December 2, 2011. Retrieved 2013-06-23.
- ↑ "Cancun climate change summit: temperatures could rise 4C by 2060". Telegraph. November 29, 2010. Retrieved 2013-06-23.
- ↑ "Could big bills from extreme weather drive climate action?". Thomson Reuters Foundation. 2013-06-21. Retrieved 2013-06-23.
- ↑ "Sea level rise in South Florida: expect floods, sea wall woes". Sun Sentinel. 2013-06-20. Retrieved 2013-06-23.
- ↑ Walker, Andrew (2012-11-09). "OECD: 'Dramatic shift' in balance of economic power". BBC. Retrieved 2013-06-23.
- ↑ Easton, Mark (2012-07-16). "England and Wales population up". BBC. Retrieved 2013-06-23.
- ↑ "Japan's lower house passes sales tax bill". BBC. 2012-06-26. Retrieved 2013-06-23.
- ↑ Lah, Kyung (2012-01-30). "Japan's population faces dramatic decline". CNN. Retrieved 2013-06-23.
- ↑ "The world will end in 2060, according to Newton". London Evening Standard. Retrieved 2013-06-23.
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