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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 and 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 June 23, 2013.
- ^ "Annular Solar Eclipse of 2060 Oct 24". NASA. Retrieved June 23, 2013.
- ^ "One Third of World's Energy Could Be Solar by 2060, Predicts Historically Conservative IEA". World Future Energy Summit. December 2, 2011. Retrieved June 23, 2013.
- ^ "Cancun climate change summit: temperatures could rise 4C by 2060". Telegraph. November 29, 2010. Retrieved June 23, 2013.
- ^ "Could big bills from extreme weather drive climate action?". Thomson Reuters Foundation. June 21, 2013. Retrieved June 23, 2013.
- ^ "Sea level rise in South Florida: expect floods, sea wall woes". Sun Sentinel. June 20, 2013. Retrieved June 23, 2013.
- ^ Walker, Andrew (November 9, 2012). "OECD: 'Dramatic shift' in balance of economic power". BBC. Retrieved June 23, 2013.
- ^ Easton, Mark (July 16, 2012). "England and Wales population up". BBC. Retrieved June 23, 2013.
- ^ "Japan's lower house passes sales tax bill". BBC. June 26, 2012. Retrieved June 23, 2013.
- ^ Lah, Kyung (January 30, 2012). "Japan's population faces dramatic decline". CNN. Retrieved June 23, 2013.
- ^ "The world will end in 2060, according to Newton". London Evening Standard. Retrieved June 23, 2013.
