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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

Coryn Bailer-Jones

Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, Heidelberg

Germany

Daniela Sicilia

INAF-OACT

Italy

Alessandro Fasano

Laboratoire Astrophysique Marseille (LAM)

France

Ezio Caroli

INAF

Italy

Jesse Cranney

Australian National University

Australia

Gerrit Farren

University of Cambridge

United Kingdom

Valentina Guglielmo

Inaf Bologna

Italy

Jacqueline Hodge

Leiden Observatory

Netherlands

Oscar Hernan Ramirez Agudelo

German Aerospace Center

Germany

Sara Anjos

NUCLIO/ Leiden University/ University of Minho

Portugal

Jesus Maldonado

INAF - Osservatorio astronomico di Palermo

Italy

Giovanni Picogna

Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

Germany

Moupiya Maji

University of Geneva

Switzerland

Letizia Cassara

INAF-IASF Milano

Italy

Christoph Schäfer

University of Tübingen

Germany

Aravind Rajendran

Australian National University

Australia

Katrin Ros

Lund University

Sweden

Ruurd Kuipers

University of Groningen

Netherlands

James Allison

Christ Church, University of Oxford

United Kingdom

Alex Hill

Liverpool John Moores University

United Kingdom

Kevin Harrington

European Southern Observatory, Santiago de Chile

Chile

Wouter van Reeven

Rubin Observatory

Chile

Zoe Ansari

University of Copenhagen

Denmark

Benoît Tabone

Leiden University

Netherlands

Pedro Ferreira

University of Oxford

United Kingdom

Marina Canali

Liceo Scientifico "Ettore Majorana"

Italy

Emanuela Ciattaglia

ESO

Germany

Julia Seidel

University of Geneva

Switzerland

Isak Delberth DAVIDS

University of Namibia

Namibia

Jacob Askew

Swinburne University of Technology

Australia

Sarah Appleby

University of Edinburgh

United Kingdom

Iskren Georgiev

Max Planck Insitute for Astronomy, Heidelberg

Germany

Maxime Marmier

University of Geneva

Switzerland

Alejandro Vigna-Gomez

University of Copenhagen

Denmark

Arthur Charlet

ENS de Lyon

France

Judith Croston

The Open University, UK

United Kingdom

Dino Mesa

INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova

Italy

Maria Cunningham

University of New South Wales Australia

Australia

Aleena Baby

University of Cologne

Germany

Stefan Brackertz

University of Cologne

Germany

Thomas Bertram

Max Planck Institute for Astronomy

Germany

KaHo Tse

Monash University

Australia

Maxime Lombart

CRAL/ENS de Lyon

France

Taj Jankovic

University of Nova Gorica

Slovenia

Niall MacCrann

University of Cambridge

United Kingdom

Gulay Gurkan

Thuringer State Observatory

Germany

Sebastiaan Krijt

University of Exeter

United Kingdom

Peter Scicluna

ESO

Chile

Bill Wright

Queen Mary Universy of London

United Kingdom

Eva Sciacca

INAF

Italy

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