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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!

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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

Tom Maunder

Monash University

Australia

Tania Buendia

IAUNAM

Mexico

Beena Meena

Georgia State University

United States of America

Camilo Delgado-Correal

Francisco José de Caldas District University of Bogotá

Colombia

Garry Beckstrom

Beckstrom Observatory

United States of America

Benjamin McKinley

Curtin University

Australia

James Paynter

The University of Melbourne

Australia

Jie Li

International Centre For Radio Astronomy Research

Australia

Peter Gillingham

Australian Astronomical Optics/Macquarie University

Australia

Monique Joly

Meudon Observatory

France

Katja Pottschmidt

University of Maryland Baltimore County

United States of America

Roxana Lupu

BAER Institute

United States of America

rachel somerville

Flatiron Institute

United States of America

Ana Luisa González Morán

Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica, Óptica y Electrónica

Mexico

Jamal Chafi

LPHEA

Morocco

Luz Ángela García

Universidad ECCI

Colombia

Alexey Dodsworth Magnavita de Carvalh

IAG-USP

Brazil

Emmanuel Ríos López

INAOE

Mexico

Robin Cook

International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research

Australia

Tharindu Jayasinghe

The Ohio State University

United States of America

Noah Weaverdyck

University of Michigan

United States of America

Marco Laversveiler

Valongo Observatory - Federal University of Rio de Janeiro

Brazil

Pratik Gandhi

UC Davis

United States of America

Cristina Martinez-Lombilla

University of New South Wales (UNSW) Sydney

Australia

Sierra Dodd

University of California, Santa Cruz

United States of America

Ruby June Wright

ICRAR

Australia

Rachel Cooper

Space Telescope Science Institute

United States of America

Avi Vajpeyi

Monash

Australia

Joaquin Diaz-Alonso

Observatoire de Paris

France

Peter Robertson

University of Melbourne

Australia

Dimple Sarnaaik

University of Southern California

United States of America

Johnny Esteves

University of Michigan

United States of America

Sophia Ridolfo

Australian National University

Australia

Jason Prochaska

UCSC

United States of America

Junellie Gonzalez Quiles

Johns Hopkins University

United States of America

Randall Wayth

Curtin University

Australia

Barbara Catinella

ICRAR/University of Western Australia

Australia

Régis Fernandes Gontijo

Instituto Federal de São Paulo

Brazil

Guido Roberts-Borsani

University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)

United States of America

Luca Cortese

ICRAR/UWA

Australia

Reshma Anna Thomas

West Virginia University

United States of America

Marie-Lou Gendron-Marsolais

European Southern Observatory, Santiago

Chile

Nicholas Moskovitz

Lowell Observatory

United States of America

Zyed Ansary

University of Denver

United States of America

Alejandro Serrano Borlaff

NASA

United States of America

Kurt Liffman

Swinburne University

Australia

Augustine Chukwude

University of Nigeria Nsukka

Nigeria

Simon Weng

University of Sydney / CSIRO

Australia

Lister Staveley-Smith

ICRAR/UWA

Australia

Jonatã Arcas Silva

Valongo Observatory

Brazil

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