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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

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

Matthew Hogan

Texas Tech University

Costa Rica

Abbie Stevens

Michigan State U. and U. of Michigan

United States of America

Blanca Troughton

Sociedad Malagueña de Astronomía

Spain

Anna Kwa

Vulcan Inc

United States of America

Katy Proctor

ICRAR - University of Western Australia

Australia

Edwin Bergin

University of Michigan

United States of America

Jon Miller

University of Michigan

United States of America

Ignacio González Martínez-Pais

IAC

Spain

Andreas Schweitzer

Hamburg Observatory

Germany

Bernhard Schulz

DSI, Universität Stuttgart

Germany

Luciana Bianchi

Johns Hopkins University

United States of America

Michael Marsset

MIT

United States of America

Johanna Hartke

ESO

Chile

Rebeca Aladro

Max-Planck Institute for RAdioastronomy

Germany

Miriam Keppler

Max Planck Institute for Astronomy

Germany

Maria Steinrueck

University of Arizona

United States of America

Abhishek Maniyar

New York University

United States of America

Jose Antonio Escartin Vigo

Max Planck Institute for extraterrestrial Physics

Germany

Stephen Pehrson

Pleasant Grove High School

United States of America

Michael Meyer

The University of Michigan

United States of America

Marina Manganaro

University of Rijeka, Department of Physics

Croatia

Abril Sahade

Instituto de Astronomía Teórica y Experimental

Argentina

Abhinav Jindal

Cornell University

United States of America

Viviana Rosero

NRAO

United States of America

Marina Rodríguez Baras

National Astronomical Observatory

Spain

Jon Loveday

University of Sussex

United Kingdom

Jacob Lewis

University of Denver

United States of America

Guillermo Günthardt

Observatorio Astronómico de Córdoba - UNC

Argentina

Vardha Bennert

California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo

United States of America

Christopher Carroll

Dartmouth College

United States of America

Migo Mueller

Leiden University

Netherlands

Youdong Hu

Universidad de Granada

China

Erika Labbe

Núcleo de Astronomía Universidad Diego Portales

Chile

Mordecai-Mark Mac Low

American Museum of Natural History

United States of America

Alan Heavens

Imperial College London

United Kingdom

Igor Andreoni

California Institute of Technology

United States of America

Travis Court

University of Pittsburgh

United States of America

Joe Liske

Universität Hamburg

Germany

Maria Argudo-Fernández

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso

Chile

Amelia Bayo

Universidad de Valparaíso

Chile

Michael Moss

George Washington University

United States of America

Pablo Ramírez Moreta

GMV/ESA

Spain

Melanie Archipley

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

United States of America

Susan Lea

SFSU

United States of America

Rebecca Jensen-Clem

University of California Santa Cruz

United States of America

Pratik Tarafdar

Institute of Mathematical Sciences, India

India

Miguel Santander-García

Observatorio Astronómico Nacional

Spain

Alex Carciofi

Universidade de São Paulo

Brazil

Catherine Walsh

University of Leeds

United Kingdom

Ryan Rickards Vaught

University of California, San Diego

United States of America

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