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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

ilaria arosio

INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera

Italy

Roberto Orosei

Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF)

Italy

Johan Knapen

IAC Tenerife

Spain

Paletou Frédéric

Université de Toulouse, Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées, Irap

France

Ugo Lebreuilly

CEA Saclay

France

Landman Bester

South African Radio Astronomy Observatory

South Africa

Francesco Schillirò

Istituto Nazionale Astrofisica

Italy

Raffaele Gratton

INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova

Italy

Pierre Vermot

Czech Academy of Sciences

Czech Republic

Angela Bragaglia

INAF-OAS Bologna

Italy

Francesco Calura

INAF-OAS, Bologna

Italy

Claes Fransson

Stockholm University, Dept. of Astronomy,

Sweden

Poojan Agrawal

Swinburne University of Technology

Australia

Laetitia Delrez

University of Liege

Belgium

Vivek Venkatraman Krishnan

Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy

Germany

Pooneh Nazari

Leiden University

Netherlands

Enrico Corsaro

INAF - Osservatorio Astrofisico di Catania

Italy

Luca Izzo

University of Copenhagen

Denmark

Dougal Dobie

Swinburne University of Technology

Australia

Akos Kereszturi

Konkoly Observatory, Research Centre for Astronomy and Earth Sciences

Hungary

Kristiina Verro

Kapteyn Astronomical Institute

Netherlands

Andrés Yagüe López

Konkoly Observatory

Hungary

Axel Widmark

Niels Bohr Institute, DARK group

Denmark

Zsolt Kovari

Konkoly Observatory, Budapest

Hungary

Santiago Gonzalez-Gaitan

Instituto Superior Tecnico, University of Lisbon

Portugal

Samuel Ward

European Southern Observatory

Germany

Johan Richard

Centre de Recherche Astrophysique de Lyon

France

Saida Diaz

Leibniz Institute for Solar Physics

Germany

Paola Marziani

INAF - Astronomical Observatory of Padova

Italy

Michael Katz

Albert Einstein Institute

Germany

Dúalta Ó Fionnagáin

NUI Galway

Ireland

Evangelia Ntormousi

Scuola Normale Superiore

Italy

Flaminia Fortuni

INAF

Italy

Mickael Coriat

IRAP - Toulouse

France

Duncan Galloway

Monash University

Australia

María Alejandra Díaz

Universidad Autónoma de Madrid

Spain

Phil Bull

Queen Mary University of London

United Kingdom

Giovanna M. Stirpe

INAF - OAS Bologna

Italy

Asmita Bhandare

CRAL/ENS Lyon

France

Daniel McPherson

Swinburne University of Technology

Australia

Carlos Guirao Sanchez

ESO

Germany

Sabrina De Grandi

INAF - Brera

Italy

Hugo Buddelmeijer

University of Groningen

Netherlands

Roberto Morbidelli

INAF

Italy

Nikki Arendse

DARK, University of Copenhagen

Denmark

Paul Roche

Cardiff University

United Kingdom

Giulia Perotti

University of Copenhagen

Denmark

Frank Lewen

University of Cologne

Germany

Scott Croom

University of Sydney

Australia

Ronald Drimmel

INAF

Italy

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