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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

Jacob White

National Radio Astronomy Observatory

United States of America

Michelle Willebrands

Leiden Observatory

Netherlands

Manisha Shrestha

Liverpool John Moores University

United Kingdom

Adam Stevens

International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research / The University of Western Australia

Australia

Volker Ossenkopf-Okada

Universität zu Köln

Germany

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

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

Additional Siguatures

Robert Nikutta

NOIRLab

United States of America

Karen Olsen

University of Arizona

United States of America

Eva Noyola

McDonald Observatory

United States of America

Leo Girardi

INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova

Italy

Imani Ware

San Francisco State University

United States of America

Denis Barkats

Harvard University

France

Vincent Henault-Brunet

Saint Mary's University

Canada

John Brewer

San Francisco State University

United States of America

Kshitij Thorat

University of Pretoria

South Africa

Sarah Wagner

Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg

Germany

Pablo Arnalte-Mur

Universitat de València

Spain

Erin Hicks

University of Alaska Anchorage

United States of America

Michael Küffmeier

University of Virginia

United States of America

Martin Turbet

Astronomical Observatory of the University of Geneva

Switzerland

Pedro Russo

Leiden Observatory/Leiden University

Netherlands

Piyanat Kittiwisit

University of the Western Cape

South Africa

Thea Kozakis

Technical University of Denmark

Denmark

Kiana Kade

Chalmers University of Technology

Sweden

Christopher Riseley

Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna

Italy

Maura Pilia

INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Cagliari

Italy

Francesca Faedi

University of Urbino

Italy

Peter Kretschmar

European Space Agency

Spain

Alexander Mustill

Lund University

Sweden

Jan Rybizki

MPIA

Germany

Marie Devinat

Université Paris-Saclay

France

Marie-Luise Steinmeyer

University of Copenhagen

Denmark

Johan Appelgren

Lund University

Sweden

Yoko Okada

Universität zu Köln

Germany

Romain Laugier

KULeuven

Belgium

Aleksandar Shulevski

Leiden Observatory

Netherlands

Aurora Aguayo

Universidad de Valparaíso

Chile

Marla Geha

Yale University

United States of America

Themiya Nanayakkara

Swinburne University of Technology

Australia

Elena González Egea

University of Hertfordshire

United Kingdom

Colin Jacobs

Swinburne University of Technology

Australia

David Concha

Universidad de Valparaíso, Chile

Chile

Amanda Karakas

Monash University

Australia

Frank Van den Bosch

Yale University

United States of America

Vanessa Moss

CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science

Australia

Chenghan Hsieh

Yale

Taiwan

Robin Arsenault

European Southern Observatory

Germany

Didier Barret

IRAP

France

Geethu Paulose

Astronomy & Society Group, Leiden Observatory

Netherlands

Joel Primack

UCSC

United States of America

Steven Longmore

Liverpool John Moores University

United Kingdom

Micalyn Rowe

Texas A&M University

United States of America

Giuseppe Piccioni

INAF- National Institute of Astrophysics

Italy

Brian Siana

University of California, Riverside

United States of America

Julia Kregenow

Penn State University

United States of America

Emma Louden

Yale University

United States of America

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institutional endorsments

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