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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

Michelle Willebrands

Leiden Observatory

Netherlands

Jacob White

National Radio Astronomy Observatory

United States of America

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

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

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

Additional Siguatures

Marianne Vestergaard

University of Copenhagen

Denmark

Anu Kundu

North-West University

South Africa

Jaime Rosado

Universidad Complutense de Madrid

Spain

Emmanuel Jehin

Liège University

Belgium

Denis Wittor

Universität Hamburg

Germany

Catarina Aydar

Universidade de São Paulo

Brazil

Francesco de Gasperin

University of Hamburg

Germany

Henrik Edler

Hamburg Observatory

Germany

Keighley Rockcliffe

Dartmouth College

United States of America

Manon Jarry

IRAP

France

Meghan Hughes

Liverpool John Moores University

United Kingdom

Jerusalem Teklu

Ethiopian Space Science and Technology Institute (ESSTI)

Ethiopia

Stella Kafka

AAVSO

United States of America

Florian Debras

IRAP

France

Stéphane CORBEL

Nançay Radio Observatory

France

Lina Issa

IRAP

France

Anton Zensus

Max-Planck-Institute für Radioastronomie

Germany

Juan Camilo Buitrago Casas

UC Berkeley

United States of America

Rebecca Bowler

University of Oxford

United Kingdom

Hester Schutte

North-West University

South Africa

Olga Hernández

Universidad Autónoma de Chile

Chile

Ileana Chinnici

INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Palermo

Italy

Martina Rossi

UNIFI

Italy

Ali Alpar

Sabanci University, Istanbul, Turkey

Turkey

Kristina Punzi

Wellesley College

United States of America

Stefano Menchiari

Università degli studi di Siena

Italy

Nienke van der Marel

University of Victoria

Canada

Nicolas Renault

CEA

France

Howard Bond

Pennsylvania State University

United States of America

Philippe GALDEMARD

Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives

France

Edward Taylor

Swinburne University of Technology

Australia

Oliver Gressel

Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam (AIP)

Germany

Cameron Bogue

University of Manchester

United Kingdom

Colleen Gilhuly

University of Toronto

Canada

Nikoleta Ilic

Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam

Germany

Caroline Mannes

AIfA University of Bonn

Germany

Torsten Menz

Planetarium und Sternwarte Schwerin

Germany

Anais Möller

CNRS Laboratoire Physique de Clermont

France

Patrizia Caraveo

INAF

Italy

Jesús Patrón

Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias

Spain

Margherita Giustini

Centro de Astrobiología (CSIC-INTA)

Spain

Deirdre Horan

IN2P3 / CNRS

France

Clément Baruteau

CNRS / IRAP

France

David Homan

Leibniz-Institut für Astrophysik Potsdam

Germany

Callum Griffiths

Leiden University

Netherlands

Frits Paerels

Columbia University

United States of America

Matthias Steinmetz

Leibniz-Institut für Astrophysik Potsdam (AIP)

Germany

Sven Buder

ANU Canberra Australia

Australia

Duy Hoang

Hamburg University

Germany

Marcel Agüeros

Columbia University

United States of America

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