Meaning of 2080s | Babel Free

Definitions

The decade from Monday, January 1, 2080 to Saturday, December 31, 2089.

plural, plural-only

Examples

“Moderate reductions in emissions of heat-trapping gases — sufficient to stop⟳ global emissions growth by 2040 and bring⟳ emissions down to half their current levels by the 2070s — can avoid⟳ those paralyzing extremes and limit⟳ the expected late-century experience⟳ of the average American to about 18 dangerously humid days a year. And strong reductions — bringing global emissions to zero by the 2080s — can cap the growth of humidity extremes by the midcentury.”

“If the population hits around 10 billion people in the 2080s and then begins to decline⟳, it might still exceed today’s eight billion after 2100.”

“Demographers expect⟳ the world’s population to peak in the coming decades — likely around 10 billion in the 2080s, according to experts at the U.N.”

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