
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
The Color Black
Beeta BaghoolizadehCollecting Seeds, Assembling Worlds
Franziska von VerschuerThe Geopolitics of Energy System Transformation
Michael BradshawArctic Silk Roads
Natalia Magnani, Matthew MagnaniVisions of Global Environmental Justice
Alexander HuezoConfronting Climate Change
John BarkdullRedefining Development
Paula Caballero, Patti LondoñoGoverning Climate Mobility in Africa
Ninna Nyberg Sørensen, Lily Salloum Lindegaard, Neil WebsterReligion and Ecological Crisis
Mette Halskov Hansen, Kenneth Bo NielsenThe Visual Life of Climate Change
Saffron O’NeillJustice in Global Economic Governance
Axel Berger, Clara Brandi, Eszter KollarThe Growth Story of the 21st Century
Nicholas Stern
The Youth Climate Uprising
David Fopp, Isabelle Axelsson, Loukina Tille, Lucy Duggan, Lucy DugganPolicy-Driven Climate and Development Finance
Mahmoud MohieldinAfrican Futures in the Making
Detlef Müller-Mahn, Michael BolligAquatic Environments
Bieke Willem, Rebecca SeewaldWitnessing a Wounded World
Timothy MiddletonHow to Be Disabled in a Pandemic
Mara Mills, Harris Kornstein, Faye Ginsburg, Rayna RappClimate Assemblies
Oliver Escobar, Stephen ElstubKigali
Samuel ShearerBiodiversity – Handbook of the Anthropocene in Latin America II
Olaf Kaltmeier, Antoine Acker, León Enrique Ávila Romero, Regina Horta DuarteMountainscapes
Andrea Boscoboinik, Viviane CrettonThe Powerful Norm for Climate Change Action
Laura von AllwördenDisplaced Families, Dispersed Memories
Johanna Leinonen, Seija Jalagin, Outi Kähäri, Ilmari Leppihalme, Hanna-Leena Määttä, Elina Turjanmaa

























