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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

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

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

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

Additional Siguatures

Cristian Guevara

Universität zu Köln - 1. Physikalisches Institut

Germany

Ragnhild Aurlien

University of Oslo

Norway

Claudia Cicone

University of Oslo

Norway

Yasaman Jafari

UOW

Australia

Rudolf Le Poole

Leiden Observatory

Netherlands

Yutong He

Nordita and Stockholm University

Sweden

Francesco Lazzarotto

INAF

Italy

Akshay Suresh

Cornell University

United States of America

Arshia Maria Jacob

Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy

Germany

Markus Röllig

University of Cologne

Germany

Felix Fuerst

Quasar SR Ltd for ESAC/ESA

Spain

Alejandra Recio-Blanco

Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur

France

Andrew Newsam

Liverpool John Moores University

United Kingdom

Alisdair Manning

European Souther Observatory

Germany

Mark den Brok

Leibniz Institut für Astrophysik, Potsdam

Germany

Rosemary Mardling

Monash University

Australia

Vishnu Varma

Monash University

Australia

Micha Heilman

Leiden University

Netherlands

Jérôme Loicq

University of Liege

Belgium

Shravya Shenoy

Leiden University

Netherlands

Sebastian Hoenig

University of Southampton

United Kingdom

Samuel Boissier

Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille

France

Krisztián Vida

Konkoly Observatory

Hungary

Johannes Buchner

MPE

Germany

Pierre-Alain Duc

Observatoire astronomique de Strasbourg

France

Julien Milli

IPAG

France

Garrelt Mellema

Stockholm University

Sweden

Prasanta Char

University of Liège

Belgium

Emilio Romano-Diaz

Argelander Institute for Astronomy, University of Bonn

Germany

Olga Suarez

Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur

France

Soňa Ehlerová

Astronomical Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences

Czech Republic

Pablo Gutierrez

ESO

Germany

Alberto Acuto

LJMU

United Kingdom

Kristhell Lopez

Radboud University Nijmegen

Netherlands

Nastasha Wijers

Leiden Observatory

Netherlands

Federica Duras

IAPS INAF

Italy

Vanesa Ramírez

Leiden Observatory

Netherlands

Lorenza Della Bruna

Stockholm University

Sweden

Roy van Boekel

Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, Heidelberg

Germany

Fabio Di Mascia

Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa

Italy

Philippe Stee

CNRS - Laboratoire Lagrange

France

Maurizio Chavan

European Southern Observatory

Germany

Stan Barmentloo

Leiden University

Netherlands

Federica Ricci

Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università di Bologna

Italy

Simon Portegies Zwart

Leiden Observatory

Netherlands

Paul Easter

Monash University

Australia

Marie Martig

Liverpool John Moores University

United Kingdom

Jessica Thorne

ICRAR-UWA

Australia

Jerome Paufique

ESO

Germany

Daria Dobrycheva

Main Astronomical Observatory of NAS of Ukraine

Ukraine

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