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Open Letter

To Astronomy Departments, Institutions and Societies:
Adopt Sustanability as a Primary Goal.

We, astronomers, astrophysicists,
and global citizens…

  1. Recognize the urgency of the climate crisis and our impact on it.
  2. We also recognize that we have the power to change our current practices.
  3. We call on astronomical institutions worldwide to set an example for the field in mitigating our contribution to the climate crisis by:
  • Naming sustainability as a primary goal.
  • Putting in place specific sustainable practices to lower carbon emissions.
  • Clearly communicating these changes both to their own members and the general public.
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More than 2859 astronomers from 81 countries

recognize that there is no Planet B!

Scroll down to see a full list of signees and institutional endorsements.

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Open Letter Team Signatures

Michelle Willebrands

Leiden Observatory

Netherlands

Jacob White

National Radio Astronomy Observatory

United States of America

Volker Ossenkopf-Okada

Universität zu Köln

Germany

Manisha Shrestha

Liverpool John Moores University

United Kingdom

Adam Stevens

International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research / The University of Western Australia

Australia

Debra Fischer

Yale University

United States of America

Gabriele Betancourt-Martinez

Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planétologie

France

Abigail Frost

KU Leuven

Belgium

Tobias Beuchert

European Southern Observatory

Germany

Benjamin Gompertz

University of Birmingham

United Kingdom

Abhijeet Borkar

Astronomický Ústav AV ČR

Czech Republic

Victoria Grinberg

Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen

Germany

Toby Brown

National Research Council

Canada

Violette Impellizzeri

Leiden Observatory

Netherlands

Leo Burtscher

Leiden Observatory

Netherlands

Knud Jahnke

Max Planck Institute for Astronomy

Germany

Faustine Cantalloube

Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille

France

Gina Maffey

The Wildeor Foundation

Netherlands

Adrienne Cool

San Francisco State University

United States of America

Wendy Crumrine

University of Southern California

United States of America

Hannah Dalgleish

University of Namibia

United Kingdom

Sarah Deveny

Texas Tech University

United States of America

Additional Siguatures

Norbert Junkes

Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Bonn

Germany

Helmut Wiesemeyer

Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy

Germany

Katja Stoll

University of Bonn

Germany

Florian Lalande

Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology

Japan

Agustina Blanco

IAFE (UBA - Conicet)

Argentina

Brinda Govindan

San Francisco State University

United States of America

Josh Walawender

W. M. Keck Observatory

United States of America

Shirin Haque

University of the West Indies

Trinidad and Tobago

René Kiefer

Leibniz-Institute for Solar Physics (KIS)

Germany

Juliana Richter

University Of Arizona

United States of America

Dominik Schwarz

Bielefeld University

Germany

Georgia MacMillan

Mayo Dark Sky Park

Ireland

Andreas Schrimpf

Philipps-Universität Marburg

Germany

Sanjita Mukherjee

Cosmology Asansol

India

Jürgen Blum

TU Braunschweig

Germany

Pablo Marcos-Arenal

Centro de Astrobiología

Spain

Thierry Martial Tchangole

CosmoLAb Hub

Benin

Ana Ulla

Spanish Astronomical Society (SEA)

Spain

John Wright

MIT CSAIL

United States of America

Benjamin Koch

TU Wien

Austria

Matthew Petralia

Lynnfield High School

United States of America

Gianni Cataldi

National Astronomical Observatory of Japan

Japan

Frederique AUFFRET

Observatoire de Paris - PSL | Direction de la communication

France

Premana Premadi

Bosscha Observatory, Institut Teknologi Bandung

Indonesia

Albert Gottlieb

Kean University

United States of America

Vincent Böning

MPI for Solar System Research

Germany

Javier Pascual Granado

IAA-CSIC

Spain

Mario Motta

Tufts University

United States of America

Scott Mortimer

Gloucester Area Astronomy Club

United States of America

Bryan Miller

Gemini Observatory/NSF's NOIRLab

Chile

Ravinder Banyal

Indian Institution of Astrophysics, Bengaluru

India

Yana Khusanova

Max Planck Institute for Astronomy

Germany

Alice Breeveld

UCL

United Kingdom

Mandeep Gill

Stanford Univ

United States of America

Nick Strobel

Bakersfield College

United States of America

José Plaza Hernández

Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile

Chile

Andrea Goering

Lane Community College

United States of America

Tom Dennis

Mount Holyoke College

United States of America

Lumisa Bista

Yale University

United States of America

Gregory Simonian

Bradley University

United States of America

Hannah Worters

South African Astronomical Observatory

South Africa

Jan Henneco

HITS

Germany

Jose Diego

Instituto de Fisica de Cantabria

Spain

Aine O'Brien

University of Glasgow

United Kingdom

Rob Beswick

University of Manchester

United Kingdom

Jesús Vega

Instituto de Física de Cantabria

Spain

Jennifer Carter

University of Leicester

United Kingdom

Rainer Schoedel

Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (CSIC)

Spain

Nuria Huélamo

Centro de Asorbiología (CSIC-INTA)

Spain

Vicky Scowcroft

University of Bath

United Kingdom

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