
University Press Library Open
UPLOpen is one of the largest online collections of free-to-read academic books. Since its launch in April 2024, UPLOpen has grown to over 11,000 titles representing more than 60 of the world’s leading scholarly publishers, ensuring that everything you find on the site meets the highest standards of peer review.

Open Access for a Sustainable Planet
Many of the books on UPLOpen tackle themes of global importance—from social justice and the eradication of poverty to climate change and sustainable development. A badging system helps to easily discover books that are relevant to any of the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Featured Books
Climate Assemblies
Oliver Escobar, Stephen ElstubRedefining Development
Paula Caballero, Patti LondoñoThe Geopolitics of Energy System Transformation
Michael BradshawClimate Justice in Action
Katie McQuaid, Neil Crawford, Admire Mare, Susan NandudduJustice in Global Economic Governance
Axel Berger, Clara Brandi, Eszter KollarVisions of Global Environmental Justice
Alexander HuezoThe Youth Climate Uprising
David Fopp, Isabelle Axelsson, Loukina Tille, Lucy Duggan, Lucy DugganConfronting Climate Change
John BarkdullThe Color Black
Beeta BaghoolizadehThe Powerful Norm for Climate Change Action
Laura von AllwördenHow to Be Disabled in a Pandemic
Mara Mills, Harris Kornstein, Faye Ginsburg, Rayna RappWitnessing a Wounded World
Timothy MiddletonKigali
Samuel Shearer
Displaced Families, Dispersed Memories
Johanna Leinonen, Seija Jalagin, Outi Kähäri, Ilmari Leppihalme, Hanna-Leena Määttä, Elina TurjanmaaAfrican Futures in the Making
Detlef Müller-Mahn, Michael BolligGoverning Climate Mobility in Africa
Ninna Nyberg Sørensen, Lily Salloum Lindegaard, Neil WebsterThe Visual Life of Climate Change
Saffron O’NeillPolicy-Driven Climate and Development Finance
Mahmoud MohieldinMountainscapes
Andrea Boscoboinik, Viviane CrettonReligion and Ecological Crisis
Mette Halskov Hansen, Kenneth Bo NielsenAquatic Environments
Bieke Willem, Rebecca SeewaldArctic Silk Roads
Natalia Magnani, Matthew MagnaniBiodiversity – Handbook of the Anthropocene in Latin America II
Olaf Kaltmeier, Antoine Acker, León Enrique Ávila Romero, Regina Horta DuarteThe Growth Story of the 21st Century
Nicholas SternCollecting Seeds, Assembling Worlds
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