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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

Eva-Maria Ahrer

University of Warwick

United Kingdom

Maria Teresa Ceballos Merino

Instituto de Física de Cantabria (CSIC-UC)

Spain

Jorryt Matthee

ETH Zurich

Switzerland

Luis Corral

Universidad de Guadalajara

Mexico

Jose Miguel Espinosa

Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias

Spain

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

José Luis Bernal

Johns Hopkins University

United States of America

James Waters

University of Southampton

United Kingdom

Borja Anguiano

University of Texas at Austin - McDonald Observatory

United States of America

Erin Higgins

Armagh Observatory & Planetarium

United Kingdom

Keith Bannister

CSIRO

Australia

Robert Byrne

University College Dublin

Ireland

Noah Franz

Siena College

United States of America

Mostafa Sepahvand

Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences (IASBS), Iran

Iran

Matthias Schmitt

Swinburne University

United States of America

Anna Juranova

SRON / University of Amsterdam

Netherlands

Kerkyra Asvesta

Aristotle University

Greece

Elsa Teixeira

University of Sheffield

United Kingdom

Richard Daniel

University of Sheffield

United Kingdom

Karl Forster

California Institute of Technology

United States of America

Tolu Biressa

Jimma University

Ethiopia

Julia Djuvsland

University of Bergen

Norway

Tetsuto Nagashima

University of Southern California

United States of America

Pedro Silva

San Francisco State University

United States of America

Nicholas Jannsen

KU Leuven

Belgium

Glenda Snowball

South African Astronomical Observatory

South Africa

Joseph Cairns

Imperial College London

United Kingdom

Avis Lang

freelance

United States of America

Shiho Kobayashi

Liverpool John Moores University

United Kingdom

Robin Clegg

Retired Astronomer

United Kingdom

Matthew Whiting

CSIRO Space & Astronomy

Australia

Natalie Grasser

University of Vienna, Department of Astrophysics

Austria

Roger Powell

None

Australia

Dinny Walsh

Cork Sky Friendly Campaign, Ireland

Ireland

Steven Rieder

University of Exeter

United Kingdom

Renée C. Kraan-Korteweg

University of Cape Town

South Africa

Carla Beaudet

Green Bank Observatory

United States of America

Thomas Reynolds

University of Turku

Finland

Daniel Asmus

Gymnasium Schwarzenbek

Germany

Tan Vu Nguyen

VietAstro

Vietnam

Aurora Sicilia-Aguilar

University of Dundee

United Kingdom

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institutional endorsments

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