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

Manisha Shrestha

Liverpool John Moores University

United Kingdom

Adam Stevens

International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research / The University of Western Australia

Australia

Volker Ossenkopf-Okada

Universität zu Köln

Germany

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

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

Additional Siguatures

Jessie Christiansen

Caltech/IPAC-NExScI

United States of America

Juan Diego Racker

Observatorio Astronómico de Córdoba

Argentina

Steven Kilston

Interstellar Consultants

United States of America

Christine Hirst Bernhardt

University of California, Santa Barbara

United States of America

Edward Schwieterman

University of California, Riverside

United States of America

Gero Rupprecht

ESO retired

Germany

Marco Barbera

Università degli Studi di Palermo

Italy

Roberta Pillera

Politecnico and INFN Bari

Italy

Patricio Ávila

Universidad de Concepción

Chile

Michael Lampton

UC Berkeley

United States of America

Steven Federman

University of Toledo

United States of America

Maurizio Iori

INFN

Italy

Javier Alonso Santiago

INAF-OACt

Italy

Gwen Sanderson

Haus der Astronomie MPIA Campus

Germany

Greg Schultz

Astronomical Society of the Pacific

United States of America

Lindsay King

University of Texas at Dallas

United States of America

Adam Fries

University of Oregon

United States of America

saavidra perera

University of California, San Diego

United States of America

Irene Vargas-Salazar

University of Michigan

United States of America

Laura Sparks

Santa Rosa Junior College

United States of America

Stephanie Podjed

Dartmouth College

United States of America

Shruti Tripathi

Saint Mary's University

Canada

Nikolaus Vogt

Universidad de Valparaíso

Chile

Paulina Karczmarek

Universidad de Concepción

Chile

Mariana Lazarova

University of Northern Colorado

United States of America

Miguel Sánchez-Conde

Madrid Autonomous University

Spain

Marcelo Vicentin

Instituto de Astronomia, Geofísica e Ciências Atmosféricas - Departamento de Astronomia da Universidade de São Paulo (IAG/USP))

Brazil

Ricardo Demarco

Universidad de Concepcion

Chile

Munawwar Khanduwala

University of Cologne, 1. Physikalisches Institut

Germany

Paul Ramond

Observatoire de Paris

France

Saida Caballero

Florida Institute of Technology

United States of America

Kim-Vy Tran

University of New South Wales

Australia

Peter Barnes

Space Science Institute

United States of America

Massimo Brescia

INAF

Italy

Jessymol Thomas

South African Astronomical Observatory

South Africa

Jerome Novak

CNRS - Observatoire de Paris

France

Sara Lucatello

INAF

Italy

Shalini Ganguly

University of Nevada Las Vegas

India

Craig Meyer

ICRAR - UWA

Australia

Bynish Paul

South African Astronomical Observatory

South Africa

Andrea Incatasciato

Institute for Astronomy, University of Edinburgh

United Kingdom

William Dwyer

CSUSB

United States of America

Cristóbal Espinoza

Universidad de Santiago de Chile (USACH)

Chile

MIGUEL ROTH

GIANT MAGELLAN TELESCOPE

Chile

Miranda Herman

University of Toronto

Canada

Benjamin Williams

University of Washington

United States of America

Josh Meyers

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

United States of America

Abhishek Kylasa

San Diego State University

United States of America

Conor Byrne

University of Warwick

United Kingdom

Simon Birrer

Stanford University

United States of America

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