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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!

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Open Letter Team Signatures

Jacob White

National Radio Astronomy Observatory

United States of America

Michelle Willebrands

Leiden Observatory

Netherlands

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

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

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

Additional Siguatures

Vadim Loktev

Bogolyubov Institute for theoretical physics NAS of Ukraine

Ukraine

Tanita Ramburuth-Hurt

University of Geneva

Switzerland

Bertrand Vallage

CEA/DSM/IRFU/DPhP

France

Sergio Monai

INAF-OATS

Italy

Konstancja Satalecka

DESY

Germany

Tasmiya Papiah

University of KwaZulu-Natal

South Africa

Thierry Contini

IRAP, Toulouse - France

France

Phil Evans

University of Leicester

United Kingdom

Barbara Patricelli

European Gravitational Observatory

Italy

Karan Dsilva

KU Leuven

Belgium

Laura Wolz

University of Manchester

United Kingdom

Massimo Persic

INAF-Trieste

Italy

Jean-Philippe Lenain

Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, CNRS/IN2P3

France

Lars Mohrmann

FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg

Germany

Paolo G. Calisse

CTAO gGmbH

Spain

Rulx Narcisse

Société Haitienne d'Astronomie

Haiti

Simon Steinmassl

Max Planck Institut für Kernphysik

Germany

Federico Ferrini

Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory

Italy

Stefan Taubenberger

Max-Planck-Institut für Astrophysik

Germany

Carla Aramo

Istituto Nazionale Fisica Nucleare (INFN)

Italy

Silvia Martocchia

Radboud University Nijmegen

Netherlands

Miroslav Pech

Palacky University

Czech Republic

Andrew Firth

SAAO

South Africa

Chandra Bahadur Singh

Yunnan University

China

Kristine Spekkens

Royal Military College of Canada

Canada

Ivan Nikolić

Scuola Normale Superiore

Italy

Mylene Francois

ESO

Germany

Bernard Jean-Philippe

IRAP

France

Soebur Razzaque

University of Johannesburg

South Africa

Olga Sergijenko

Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv

Ukraine

John Menzies

South African Astronomical Observatory

South Africa

Leindert Boogaard

Leiden Observatory

Netherlands

Zwidofhelangani Khangale

South African Astronomical Observatory

South Africa

Serena Loporchio

University and INFN Bari

Italy

Eric Josselin

Universite de Montpellier

France

Kabelo Kesebonye

University of Kwa-Zulu Natal

South Africa

Rainer Schödel

IAA-CSIC

Spain

Lorenzo Scotton

University of Montpellier and CNRS/IN2P3/LUPM

France

Yasmine Mhirsi

FAU

Germany

Duncan Watts

University of Oslo

Norway

Francesco Gabriele Saturni

INAF - National Instutute of Astrophysics

Italy

Catherine Cress

UWC

South Africa

Jochen Stadler

Max Planck Institute for Astronomy

Germany

Simon de Wet

University of Cape Town

South Africa

Karina Santana

University of Pretoria

South Africa

Hans Deeg

Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias

Spain

Tana Joseph

University of Amsterdam

United Kingdom

Ellis Avallone

University of Hawai’i at Mānoa Institute for Astronomy

United States of America

Joey Mombarg

KU Leuven

Belgium

Akash Shetty

McMaster University

Canada

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