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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

Loic Albert

Universite de Montreal

Canada

Laura Watkins

Space Telescope Science Institute

United States of America

Nanda Kumar

Institute of Astrophysics and Space Sciences

Portugal

Olga Balsalobre Ruza

Universidad Complutense de Madrid

Spain

Marc Sauvage

AIM - CEA, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, Université de Paris

France

Sara Ellison

University of Victoria

Canada

Mariya Lyubenova

European Southern Observatory

Bulgaria

Tiffany Wolbrecht

Ward Beecher Planetarium at Youngstown State Uni

United States of America

Doris Arzoumanian

Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille

France

Morgan Schmitz

Princeton University

United States of America

Javier Armentia

Planetario de Pamplona

Spain

Pierre Bastien

Université de Montréal / OMM

Canada

Aynur Abdulkarimova

Shamakhy Astrophysical Observatory

Azerbaijan

Erin Cox

Northwestern University

United States of America

Michael Chapman

University of Waterloo

Canada

Sebastian Kurowski

Jagiellonian University / ESO Chile

Poland

Nicholas Vieira

McGill University

Canada

Daniel Schaerer

University of Geneva

Switzerland

Abdelkarim Boskri

Lphea UCA

Morocco

Charles Cadieux

Université de Montréal

Canada

Gaspar Galaz

Instituto de Astrofisica, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile

Chile

Barry Cole

The University of Montevallo

United States of America

Celine Halter

Observatoire Astronomique de Strasbourg

France

Pauline Barmby

Western University

Canada

Prabhani Atnagulov

University of Toledo

United States of America

Shantanu Basu

University of Western Ontario

Canada

Raymond Carlberg

University of Toronto

Canada

Neil Cook

Université de Montréal

Canada

Iryna Vavilova

Main Astronomical Observatory of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine

Ukraine

Robert Blum

NSF's NOIRLab/Rubin Observatory

United States of America

Mario Ivanov

University of Alberta

Canada

Veronika Dornan

MCMASTER UNIVERSITY

Canada

John Landstreet

University of Western Ontario

Canada

Jackie Villadsen

St. Mary's College of Maryland

United States of America

Jon Ramsey

University of Virginia

United States of America

Chloe Cheng

University of Waterloo

Canada

Terry Bridges

Okanagan College

Canada

Anthony Moffat

Univ. de Montreal

Canada

Stefan Pelletier

University of Montreal

Canada

Ryan Cloutier

Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian

United States of America

Andrés Plazas Malagón

Princeton University

United States of America

Maurice Leutenegger

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

United States of America

Romain Meyer

MPIA

Germany

Georges Kordopatis

Observatoire de la Cote d'Azur

France

Christopher Mann

Université de Montréal

Canada

Pierluigi Selvelli

INAF - Astronimical Observatory of Trieste - Italy

Italy

Dharmesh Mistry

Liverpool John Moores University

United Kingdom

Dave Patton

Trent University

Canada

Haley Wahl

West Virginia University

United States of America

Aaron Watkins

Liverpool John Moores University

United Kingdom

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