The De Gruyter eBound Foundation has announced the first awards from its UPLOpen Climate Change Fund, supporting Open Access publication of 13 scholarly books addressing climate change and its global impacts. Grants totaling nearly USD 100,000 will enable the books to be published in openly licensed editions during 2025 and 2026.
The selected titles, produced by university and scholarly presses across North America and Europe, will be released on University Press Library Open (UPLOpen.com) as part of the UPLOpen Climate Change Collection. Topics include governance & planning in Montréal, environmental ethics, sustainability in higher education in Mozambique, ecological impacts of war in Iraq, and climate justice in Eastern Africa.
The Fund, launched in July with an initial allocation of USD 100,000, was open to more than 60 publishers affiliated with Paradigm Publishing Service’s University Press Library program, including De Gruyter Brill and its partners. Eligible monographs were required to address climate action in alignment with Goal 13 of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Nearly 30 applications were submitted within a month of the announcement, reflecting strong interest in open-access publishing on climate issues. The Foundation plans to expand the initiative with support from additional funders to enable a wider range of scholarly books to reach global audiences.
The 13 funded titles include works such as Adapter la ville aux changements climatique (Laval, 2025), All of the Above: A Global Future of Energy (Duke, 2026), Climate Justice in Action (Bristol, 2026), and Warzone Ecology (California, 2026). Each will be available in Open Access through UPLOpen’s platform alongside existing collections such as Luminos and TOME.
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