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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

Kimberly Ward-Duong

STScI

United States of America

Ezequiel Treister

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Chile

Yasha Kaushal

University of Pittsburgh

United States of America

Jane Arthur

IRyA-UNAM

Mexico

Frank Tramper

National Observatory of Athens

Greece

Johannes Ulf Lange

University of California, Santa Cruz

United States of America

Marco Grossi

Observatório do Valongo, UFRJ

Brazil

Andreea Petric

Space Telescope Science Institute

United States of America

Patrizia Romano

INAF Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera

Italy

Stefano Vercellone

INAF Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera

Italy

Irene Cruz-Gonzalez

Instituto de Astronomia, UNAM

Mexico

Cristina Ramos Almeida

Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias

Spain

Aurélien Crida

Université Côte d'Azur

France

Michael Ashley

University of New South Wales

Australia

Robert Cameron

Stanford University

United States of America

Enrique Macías

Joint ALMA Observatory/European Southern Observatory

Chile

Ayan Acharyya

Australian National University

Australia

Jennifer Miller

Gemini Observatory

United States of America

Annibal Hetem

UFABC

Brazil

Rosa Amelia Gonzalez-Lopezlira

UNAM

Mexico

Vittoria Brugaletta

University of Bonn

Germany

Esperanza Carrasco

Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica, Óptica y Electrónica

Mexico

Ryan Ridden

Johns Hopkins University

New Zealand

Vivienne Baldassare

Washington State University

United States of America

Carsten Kramer

IRAM

France

Gaëtan Fichet De Clairfontaine

Observatory Of Paris

France

Charles Cowley

university of Michigan

United States of America

Carolina Ortiz

Universidad de Concepción

Chile

Veronica Strazzullo

INAF

Italy

Feryal Ozel

University of Arizona

United States of America

Jane Gregorio-Hetem

Universidade de São Paulo

Brazil

Javier Arancibia Silva

Universidad de Valparaíso

Chile

Andreas Floers

GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung

Germany

Paramita Barai

Universidade Federal do ABC (UFABC)

Brazil

Vanessa Graber

Institute of Space Sciences (ICE-CSIC)

Spain

Tomas Gergely

Retired

United States of America

Heinrich Voelk

Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik

Germany

Geovanni Rangel

Instituto de radioastronomía y astrofísica

Mexico

Colin Hill

WeatherForce

France

Maxime Devogele

Arecibo Observatory/University of Central Florida

United States of America

Anne Metevier

Sonoma State University / Santa Rosa Junior College

United States of America

Mike Grudic

Northwestern University

United States of America

Paul Williams

Northwestern University/CIERA

United States of America

Lluís Galbany

Institute of Space Sciences

Spain

Iván Bustos Fierro

Observatorio Astronómico de Córdoba, U.N.C.

Argentina

Victor See

University of Exeter

United Kingdom

Gerald Cecil

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

United States of America

David Grinspoon

Planetary Science Institute

United States of America

William Waller

The Galactic Inquirer

United States of America

Cathy Horellou

Chalmers University of Technology

Sweden

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