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A more sustainable future for astronomy

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More than 500 participants from around the globe registered for the first Astronomers for Planet Earth Symposium, to discuss and push for more sustainability in the field of astronomy as well as opportunities for astronomers to contribute to climate communication.

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Fig. 1: Demographics of the 576 registered participants of the A4E Symposium.

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The authors are grateful for the support of Astronomers For Planet Earth in the organization of this symposium.

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  1. Physikalisches Institut, Lehrstuhl für Astronomie und Astrophysik, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany

    Sarah M. Wagner

  2. Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA

    Sarah M. Wagner

  3. The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK

    Beatriz Mingo

  4. University of Padova, Padova, Italy

    Fatemeh Zahra Majidi

  5. INAF Padova, Padova, Italy

    Fatemeh Zahra Majidi

  6. Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA

    Andrea Gokus

  7. Leiden Observatory, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands

    Leonard Burtscher

  8. Department of Astronomy and Space Sciences, Science Faculty, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey

    Cenk Kayhan

  9. Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

    Rika Kobayashi

  10. University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany

    Parit Mehta & Volker Ossenkopf-Okada

  11. CSIRO Space & Astronomy, Marsfield, New South Wales, Australia

    Vanessa A. Moss

  12. Sydney Institute for Astronomy, School of Physics A28, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

    Vanessa A. Moss

  13. University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK

    Ken Rice

  14. International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia

    Adam R. H. Stevens

  15. Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India

    Gaurav Waratkar

  16. Nature Astronomy https://www.nature.com/natastron

    Paul Woods

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Wagner, S.M., Mingo, B., Majidi, F.Z. et al. A more sustainable future for astronomy. Nat Astron 7, 244–246 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-023-01912-2

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