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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

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

Debra Fischer

Yale University

United States of America

Additional Siguatures

Antonio Insolia

Dept of Physics and Astronomy - Catania University

Italy

Michael Lam

Rochester Institute of Technology

United States of America

Eric Thrane

Monash University

Australia

Vikraman Choudhury

University of Cambridge

United Kingdom

Dana Ficut-Vicas

Astronomical Observatory Cluj-Napoca (Romanian Academy of Science)

Romania

Sara Gettel

Penn State University, alumna

United States of America

Lawrence Bissell

University of Cambridge

United Kingdom

Karun Thanjavur

University of Victoria (UVic)

Canada

Florian Lienhard

University of Cambridge

United Kingdom

Elena JImenez Bailon

Instituto de Astronomia- Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico

Mexico

Ellie Krige

University of Cambridge

United Kingdom

Alex Byrne

University of Cambridge

United Kingdom

Simona Vegetti

Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics

Germany

Joshua Tan

City University of New York-LaGuardia Community College

United States of America

Samuel Ferrero Losada

Universidad Complutense de Madrid

Spain

Eugene Idogbe

Centre for Basic Space Science

Nigeria

Abel de Burgos

Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias

Spain

Alan Batten

retired

Canada

Alex Rispo Constantinou

University of Cambridge

Switzerland

Mike Chen

Queen’s University

Canada

Nanna Støvelbæk

University of Copenhagen

Denmark

Hugo Messias

Joint ALMA Observatory

Chile

mehmet emin özel

Çukurova Univ. Space Research Center

Turkey

Hannah Gulick

University of California, Berkeley

United States of America

Rok Nežič

Armagh Observatory & Planetarium

United Kingdom

Christine Ye

Eastlake High School

United States of America

George Foster

University of Cambridge

United Kingdom

Ann Schmiedekamp

Penn State Abington

United States of America

clara bayley

University of Cambridge

United Kingdom

Sayani Das

Presidency University, Kolkata

India

Nathalie Ouellette

Université de Montréal

Canada

Pascal Keller

University of Cambridge

United Kingdom

Ajay Gill

University of Toronto

Canada

Chloe Balhatchet

University of Cambridge

United Kingdom

Luca Costantin

Centro de Astrobiologia (CSIC-INTA)

Spain

Eloise Matthews

University of Cambridge

United Kingdom

Steve Hubbard

Retired

United Kingdom

Uli Katz

Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nürnberg

Germany

Ryan Cooke

Durham University

United Kingdom

Genevieve Soucail

IRAP, Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planétologie

France

Fangda Mei

University of Cambridge

United Kingdom

Myron Fendall

NASA

United States of America

Laura Markham

Michigan State University

United States of America

Sophia Lilleengen

University of Surrey

United Kingdom

Karelle Siellez

University of Tasmania, Australia

France

Vladimir Avila-Reese

Institute of Astronomy, UNAM

Mexico

Hamzah Khan

San Francisco State University

United States of America

Mirela Mlisan

C N Mircea cel Bătrân

Romania

Maura McLaughlin

West Virginia University

United States of America

K. Yavuz Ekşi

İstanbul Technical University

Turkey

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