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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

Jacob White

National Radio Astronomy Observatory

United States of America

Michelle Willebrands

Leiden Observatory

Netherlands

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

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

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

Additional Siguatures

Maura McLaughlin

West Virginia University

United States of America

K. Yavuz Ekşi

İstanbul Technical University

Turkey

Iris Bermejo Lozano

Universidad Complutense de Madrid

Spain

Devika Shobhana

Western Sydney University

Australia

Michel. Lintz

Observatoire de la Cote d'Azur

France

Adina Oancea

Colegiul National Octavian Goga Sibiu

Romania

Simon Ellingsen

University of Tasmania

Australia

Lia Marta Bernabò

Università degli Studi di Padova

Italy

Jan Cami

Western University

Canada

Gene Milone

University of Calgary

Canada

Petruse Mariana

GPP Floare de Colț Beiuș

Romania

Mbonteh Ndunge

Cameroon Astronomy and Space Research Organization

Cameroon

Leigh Brookshaw

University of Southern Queensland

Australia

Kim Duong

Tartu Observatory, University of Tartu

Estonia

Octavian Blagoi

Astronomical Institute of Romanian Academy

Romania

Elisabeta Ana Naghi

Nationa Education Ministry

Romania

Nina Brinkmann

Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy

Germany

Diogo Castelão

Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço

Portugal

Federico Di Giacomo

National Institute for Astrophysics

Italy

Areg Mickaelian

Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory (BAO)

Armenia

Michele Thornley

Bucknell University

United States of America

Andrei Carmen

Colegiul Vasile Lovinescu Fălticeni

Romania

Madeleine Yttergren

Chalmers University of Technology

Sweden

Jim Palfreyman

University of Tasmania

Australia

Laerte Sodre Jr

IAG - USP

Brazil

Thomas Reiprich

Argelander Institute for Astronomy, University of Bonn

Germany

Laura Lenkic

University of Maryland, College Park

United States of America

Kevin Douglas

Okanagan College

Canada

Katya Echeverría

Instituto Cultural

Panama

ADAMS MARTINEZ

Universidad de Panamá

Panama

Jessica Fielder

San Francisco State University

United States of America

Nicole Bennett

San Francisco State University

United States of America

Celia Blain

Gemini Observatory

United States of America

Antara Basu-Zych

University of Maryland, Baltimore County and NASA/GSFC

United States of America

Eduardo Penteado

IAU Office of Astronomy Education

Brazil

Mahsa Rahimi

University of Melbourne

Australia

Jamie Law-Smith

University of California Santa Cruz

United States of America

K. E. Saavik Ford

CUNY BMCC/AMNH

United States of America

Vinicius Branco

IAG Universidade de São Paulo

Brazil

Alexander Alexandrov

Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv

Ukraine

Ana Lopez Sepulcre

IRAM/IPAG Grenoble

France

Robert Cockcroft

McMaster University

Canada

Deborah Lokhorst

University of Toronto

Canada

Meredith MacGregor

University of Colorado Boulder

United States of America

Amy Reines

Montana State University

United States of America

Cecilia Colome

The University of Texas at Austin

United States of America

Elsa Steiner

Columbia University

United States of America

Benoît Commerçon

CRAL AstroENS - CNRS

France

Ross Jennings

Cornell University

United States of America

Nora Shipp

University of Chicago

United States of America

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