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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

Jose Carlos del Toro Iniesta

IAA-CSIC

Spain

Bárbara Rojas-Ayala

Instituto de Alta Investigación - U. de Tarapacá

Chile

John Apruzese

retired

United States of America

Ernesto Perez

Universidad de Guadalajara

Mexico

Yanna Martins-Franco

Valongo Observatory/UFRJ

Brazil

Katie Rink

University of Massachusetts Dartmouth

United States of America

Ruth Daly

Pennsylvania State University

United States of America

Amy Joyce

Friedrich-Alexander-Universitaet Erlangen-Nuernberg

Germany

Pablo Cerdá-Durán

University of Valencia

Spain

Katherine Bennett

Wesleyan University

United States of America

Akke Corporaal

KU Leuven

Belgium

David Mitchell

Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo

United States of America

Aditya Narendra

Jagiellonian University

Poland

Manuel Moreno Lupiáñez

Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (Spain)

Spain

Phil Wiseman

University of Southampton

United Kingdom

Olivia Cooper

UT Austin

United States of America

Inma Domínguez

Universidad de Granada

Spain

Jesus Gallego

Universidad Complutense Madrid

Spain

Ignacio Mendigutia

Centro de Astrobiologia (CSIC-INTA)

Spain

Jonay I. González Hernández

Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias

Spain

Vincenzo Antonuccio-Delogu

INAF

Italy

Rachael Merritt

Georgia State University

United States of America

Víctor Pérez-Díez

Observatorio Astronómico Nacional

Spain

Jonathan Brande

University of Kansas

United States of America

Alberto Fernandez-Soto

IFCA (CSIC-UC)

Spain

David Vallés-Pérez

Universitat de València

Spain

Jure Japelj

University of Amsterdam

Netherlands

Daryl Haggard

McGIll University

Canada

Christopher Usher

Stockholm University

Sweden

Francisco Tapia-Vazquez

Instituto de Radioastronomía y Astrofísica

Mexico

Arjan Bik

Stockholm University

Sweden

Christian Kirsch

FAU Erlangen-Nuernberg

Germany

Carys Herbert

University of Kent

United Kingdom

Miriam Garcia Santa-Maria

IFF-CSIC

Spain

Fernando Buitrago

University of Valldolid

Spain

Judit Prat

University of Chicago

United States of America

Miguel Perez-Torres

Instituto de Astrofisica de Andalucia (IAA-CSIC)

Spain

Fernando Comeron

European Southern Observatory

Germany

Nick Ballering

University of Virginia

United States of America

Peter Melchior

Princeton University

United States of America

Anastasio Díaz-Sánchez

Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena

Spain

Xavier Luri

Universtitat de Barcelona

Spain

Sibel Döner

İstanbul Üniversitesi Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü

Turkey

David W Hogg

Flatiron Institute

United States of America

Ditte Slumstrup

European Southern Observatory

Chile

Philipp Weber

FAU Erlangen-Nuernberg

Germany

Casey Law

Caltech

United States of America

Fernando J. Ballesteros

Universitat de València

Spain

Marc Ribó

Universitat de Barcelona

Spain

Alessandro Razza

Universidad de Chile

Chile

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