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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

Jiří Borovička

Astronomical Institute, Czech Acadamy of Sciences

Czech Republic

Betiay Babacan

Illinois Institute of Technology

United States of America

Xiaochun He

Georgia State University

United States of America

Iñigo Sáez Casares

Observatoire de Paris

France

Mark Booth

Friedrich-Schiller University, Jena

Germany

Alastair Basden

Durham University

United Kingdom

Catalina Anca Isofache

Colegiul National Alexandru Ioan Cuza, Municipiul Ploiesti

Romania

Tommy Wiklind

Catholic University of America

United States of America

Ralph Pudritz

McMaster University

Canada

Sebastian Marino

University of Cambridge

United Kingdom

Maud Langlois

CNRS - CRAL

France

Felix Pötzl

Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie

Germany

Roger Ferlet

IAP-CNRS/Sorbonne Université

France

Anaël Wünsche

Observatoire des Baronnies Provençales

France

Becky Flores

Georgia State University

United States of America

Todd Henry

RECONS

United States of America

Dan Johns

Georgia State University

United States of America

Raphaël Peralta

CEA

France

Diego de la Fuente

Universidad de Alicante

Spain

Bruno Quint

NOIRLab

Chile

Sylvain Bouley

Université Paris Saclay

France

Sandrine Lescaudron

Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris (IAP)

France

Sneh Kesari

Astrophile Education Service

India

Giuseppe Cimo

Joint Institute for VLBI ERIC

Netherlands

Bruno MONFLIER

La Ferme des Etoiles

France

Patrick Vallely

The Ohio State University

United States of America

Brittany Kamai

UC Santa Cruz & Caltech

United States of America

Esra Bulbul

MPE

Germany

Samaiyah Farid

Yale

United States of America

Qi Chu

University of Western Australia

Australia

Masato Onodera

Subaru Telescope, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan

United States of America

Ross Dobson

University College London

United Kingdom

Lokesh Mishra

University of Geneva

Switzerland

José Roberto Rodrigues Leal

IAG - Universidade de Sao Paulo

Brazil

Alceste Bonanos

National Observatory of Athens

Greece

Enrico Kotze

South African Astronomical Observatory

South Africa

Urs Schäfer

GLOBE Institute, University of Copenhagen

Denmark

Sarah Vigeland

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

United States of America

Tian Li

Leiden University

China

Pacôme Delva

Paris Observatory, Sorbonne University

France

Roland Lehoucq

CEA Saclay

France

Giovanna Senatore

Stanford University

United States of America

William Fiore

West Virginia University

United States of America

Mogaba SEKO

NRF/SARAO

South Africa

Mike Kriele

ICRAR - Curtin University

Australia

Hermann Brunner

Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik

Germany

Paz Bluhm

Heidelberg Universität (LSW)

Germany

Yvelice Castillo

Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras

Honduras

Kristian Ehlert

Leibniz Institute Astrophysics Potsdam

Germany

Pierre Kern

IPAG - CNRS - Université Grenoble Alpes

France

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