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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

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

Martin Stringer

University of Queensland

Australia

Francisco Hernandez-Vivanco

Monash University

Australia

Sam Vaughan

Sydney Institute for Astronomy

Australia

Denise R. Gonçalves

Valongo Observatory - Federal University of Rio de janeiro

Brazil

Victoria Calafut

CITA

Canada

Sarah Kendrew

European Space Agency

United States of America

Javier Ballesteros-Paredes

IRyA-UNAM

Mexico

Mariela Martínez

Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute

Korea, South

David Hui

Chungnam National University

Korea, South

Adam Ussing

Swinburne University

Australia

Rebecca Halloran

Queens University

Canada

Moritz Huebner

Monash University

Australia

Carlo Benna

National Institute for Astrophysics (INAF) - Astrophysical Observatory of Torino (OATo)

Italy

Marie Schoelch

Stockholm University

Sweden

Tania Barone

Australian National University

Australia

Marten van Kerkwijk

University of Toronto

Canada

Debora Pelliccia

University of California, Santa Cruz

United States of America

Georgie Taylor

Australian National University

Australia

Remus-Andrei Paun

Monash University

Australia

Adiv Paradise

University of Toronto

Canada

Emma Ryan-Weber

Swinburne University if Technology

Australia

Ethan Payne

Australian National University

Australia

Lino Rodriguez

INAOE

Mexico

Jonah Gannon

Swinburne University of Technology

Australia

George Zhou

University of Southern Queensland

Australia

Enrique Moreno Méndez

Facultad de Ciencias, UNAM

Mexico

André Rodrigo da Silva

Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center

Poland

Madhooshi Senarath

Monash University

Australia

Nour Skaf

LESIA - Observatoire de Paris

France

Izabela Bittencourt

USP

Brazil

Alejandro Lumbreras-Calle

CEFCA

Spain

Silvia Torres-Peimbert

Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

Mexico

Elizabeth McBride

McGill University

United States of America

Rameshan Thimmappa

Jagiellonian University

Poland

Christopher O'Morain

DarkStar Aerospace

United Kingdom

J. Miguel Mas-Hesse

Centro de Astrobiologia (CSIC-INTA)

Spain

Floor Broekgaarden

Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian

United States of America

Vanessa Yanza López

Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

Mexico

Andrew Battisti

Australian National University

Australia

Joshua Parsons

York University

Canada

Charli Sakari

San Francisco State University

United States of America

Kyoko Onishi

Chalmers University of Technology

Sweden

Chris McCarthy

San Francisco State University

United States of America

Tom Megeath

University of Toledo

United States of America

Lennart Balkenhol

University of Melbourne

Australia

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