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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

Austine GUMBA

University of kwazulu Natal

Kenya

Claude Carignan

University of Cape Town

South Africa

Helene Szegedi

University of the Free State

South Africa

Nadia Steyn

University Of Cape Town

South Africa

Cláudio Moisés Paulo

Universidade Eduardo Mondlane

Mozambique

Liurong Lin

Leiden Observatory

Netherlands

Warren Naidoo

University of KwaZulu-Natal

South Africa

Jorge Martins

Instituto de Astrofisica e Ciencias do Espaço

Portugal

Solohery Randriamampandry

South African Astronomical Observatory / University of Antananarivo

Madagascar

Anthony Soulain

IPAG

France

Jamal Mimouni

University of Constantine 1

Algeria

Lara Pantoni

SISSA-ISAS

Italy

Elisabetta Cavazzuti

Italian Space Agency (ASI)

Italy

Prajval Shastri

Indian Institute of Astrophysics (retd.)

India

Şeyda Şahiner

Beykent University

Turkey

Ana Guijarro

Calar Alto Observatory

Spain

Alan Tokunaga

University of Hawaii

United States of America

Gregory Poole

Swinburne University of Technology

Australia

Karl Jaehnig

Vanderbilt University

Uganda

Isabella Gerrard

Australian National University

Australia

Makiko Aoki

National Astronomical Observatory of Japan

Japan

Suchitra Narayanan

Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa

United States of America

Remco van der Burg

ESO

Germany

Mirjana Povic

Ethiopian Space Science and Technology Instiute (ESSTI, Ethiopia); Instituto de Astrofisica de Andalucia (IAA-CSIC, Spain)

Ethiopia

Georgia Stolle-McAllister

Maria Mitchell Observatory

United States of America

Shota Notsu

RIKEN

Japan

Mahoro Antoine

South African Astronomical Observatory

Rwanda

Emmanuel Caux

IRAP/CNES-UPS-CNES

France

Mika Naidoo

University of the Witwatersrand

South Africa

Michael Faison

Yale University

United States of America

Rebecca Davies

Swinburne University of Technology

Australia

Nandita Das

University of Dhaka

Bangladesh

Richard McDermid

Macquarie University

Australia

Amy Bonsor

Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge

United Kingdom

Rebeca Garcia Lopez

University College Dublin

Ireland

Radhouane benmehaia

University of Msila

Algeria

Jes Kristian Jorgensen

Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen

Denmark

Natalie Copeland

The Museum of Flight

United States of America

Helena Faustino Vieira

Cardiff University

United Kingdom

Ettore Flaccomio

INAF - Osservatorio Astronomici di Palermo

Italy

Louarn Philippe

IRAP-CNRS

France

Christiaan Brinkerink

Radboud University

Netherlands

Claudia Antolini

Independent astronomer

United Kingdom

thierry reposeur

CENBG - CNRS/IN2P3 - Bordeaux University

France

Konrad Tristram

European Southern Observatory

Chile

Anwesh Majumder

Anton Pannekoek Institute, University of Amsterdam

Netherlands

Sjoert van Velzen

Leiden Observatory

Netherlands

Claire Lamman

Harvard Center for Astrophysics

United States of America

Yamila Miguel

Leiden Observatory

Netherlands

Janine Fohlmeister

Leibniz-Institut für Astrophysik Potsdam

Germany

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