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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

Themiya Nanayakkara

Swinburne University of Technology

Australia

Elena González Egea

University of Hertfordshire

United Kingdom

Colin Jacobs

Swinburne University of Technology

Australia

Héctor Arce

Yale University

United States of America

Devaky Kunneriath

National Radio Astronomy Observatory

United States of America

Aulikki Pollak

Instituto de Física y Astronomía - Universidad de Valparaíso

Chile

Christopher Lindsay

Yale University

United States of America

Claus Tappert

Universidad de Valparaíso

Chile

Karina Maucó

Instituto de Física y Astronomía, Universidad de Valparaíso, Chile

Chile

Ava Polzin

Yale University

United States of America

ISAAC GATHU

MARS SOCIETY KENYA

Kenya

Joern Wilms

FAU Erlangen-Nuernberg

Germany

Rayan Khan

Cosmic Tribe

Pakistan

Briana Ingermann

Fiske Planetarium, University of Colorado Boulder

United States of America

Rita Tojeiro

University of St Andrews

United Kingdom

Katy Garmany

NOIRLab

United States of America

Nahks Tr'Ehnl

Penn State

United States of America

Lily Zhao

Yale University

United States of America

Tony Mroczkowski

European Southern Observatory

Germany

Kaelee Parker

San Diego State University

United States of America

Alexie Leauthaud

UCSC

United States of America

Priyamvada Natarajan

Yale University

United States of America

Carolin Liefke

Haus der Astronomie Heidelberg

Germany

Irma Fuentes

Universidad de Valparaíso

Chile

Saeed Jafari

Space Generation Advisory Council

Iran

Yasmeen Asali

Yale University

United States of America

Kenneth Wilson

Science Museum of Virginia, retired

United States of America

Barbara Klein

ESO

Germany

Lukas Wenzl

Cornell University

United States of America

Markus Hotakainen

Science writer

Finland

Anne Medling

University of Toledo

United States of America

Andrea Gokus

Dr. Karl Remeis-Observatory/ECAP

Germany

Yara Jaffé

Universidad de Valparaíso

Chile

Flora Stanley

Institute d' Astrophisique de Paris

France

Travis Rector

University of Alaska Anchorage

United States of America

Ken Brandt

Usc Beaufort

United States of America

Breezy Ocana Flaquer

San Digo State University

United States of America

Sarah White

SARAO / Rhodes University

South Africa

Parit Mehta

Universität zu Köln

Germany

George Privon

National Radio Astronomy Observatory

United States of America

Emma Puranen

University of St Andrews

United Kingdom

Emma Mannfors

University of Helsinki

Finland

Katharina Immer

University of Leiden

Netherlands

Karen Masters

Haverford College

United States of America

Francesca Pinna

MPIA

Germany

Julie Bolduc-Duval

Discover the Universe

Canada

Shashwata Ganguly

University of Cologne

Germany

Sriram Sankar

South African Astronomical Observatory

South Africa

Ares Osborn

The University of Warwick

United Kingdom

Paula Stella Teixeira

University of St Andrews

United Kingdom

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