Peking University School of Transnational Law

Altruism or managerial incentives? In a new op-ed for @TheMarker, STL’s Nitzan Shilon argues that executive compensation incentives link El Al’s wartime profits with its later request for state indemnification amid temporary losses. Read here: themarker.com/markets/2026-0… #ElAl

A Special Issue on Comparative AI Law in the German Law Journal (Cambridge UP), developed from an STL-hosted conference in 2024. Featuring STL faculty alongside international scholars, it explores key legal questions around AI. cambridge.org/core/journals/…

STL Prof. @StephenMinas delivered a lecture on international carbon pricing & links with national regulatory & voluntary markets in Guangzhou, hosted by InteLAW GBA: mp.weixin.qq.com/s/tLoUqNloSlOL…

The STL podcast features a discussion on integrity, sanctions and compliance in development finance with Liu Chang, Counsel at the @WorldBank Office of Suspension and Debarment: open.spotify.com/episode/0PRnoy… #developmentfinance #transnationallaw

🎓 “Life is not a fixed track—it’s an open field.” For Wang Shiqi, this belief took shape during her four years at @PekingUniversity School of Transnational Law (@PKUSTL), where she is graduating as part of the #Classof2025. For her, STL meant professionalism, breadth, and reflection. It offered a rigorous legal foundation, an open and diverse academic community, and space to explore what it means to live a good life. From law firm internships to international moots, she steadily built the skills and mindset of a legal practitioner.

The London roundtable on Chinese climate finance law convened leading researchers and practitioners to enhance knowledge exchange. It was co-convened by King’s College London Prof. Megan Bowman and STL Prof. Stephen Minas: mp.weixin.qq.com/s/MgOiE5C-w0JC… #climatefinance #greenfinance

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The Knowledge Report of the 2nd Symposium on “Supranational Responses to Corruption: Integrity in #ClimateFinance & Action” has been published. The report builds on the symposium held in 2024 with STL participation: worldbank.org/content/dam/do…

Prof. Stephen Minas participated in the International Sustainability Resources & Technology Conference at Oman Sustainability Week, with a panel discussion on ‘AI & climate change: can machines alone do the job?’ For more on AI & climate: environmental-finance.com/content/analys… #OSW2025  #ISRTC

STL professor @StephenMinas was elected chair of the @UNFCCC_CTCN Advisory Board at its recent meeting in Copenhagen. The CTCN provides #climatetech support to developing countries to help achieve the Paris Agreement goals: mp.weixin.qq.com/s/pK0VUOISye1c…

STL Prof @StephenMinas considers what #DeepSeek means for AI in the #GlobalSouth & emphasizes that capacity-building will be vital to enable poorer nations to get to grips with the opportunities, challenges and risks of AI: eurekastreet.com.au/could-deepseek… #AIaction

On Legal Frontiers: how the release of DeepSeek’s R1 model has changed the global debate over AI, including over costs of development, the opportunities & regulatory challenges of open-source artificial intelligence & tech competition open.spotify.com/episode/0jG8jo… #AI #DeepSeek

STL Professor Stephen Minas has written on the legal and practical challenges resulting from the US President’s executive orders withdrawing from the World Health Organization and the Paris Agreement: moderndiplomacy.eu/2025/01/27/tru…

The 1st newsletter of 2025 from STL SILC features sustainability, innovation & law news from STL, #Shenzhen & the #GreaterBayArea: linkedin.com/pulse/silc-nod…

The Legal Frontiers podcast features a guest lecture by Utrecht University's Gonzalo Larrea on international climate funds, their safeguards against negative environmental & social impacts on local communities & proposing reforms: open.spotify.com/episode/6SpcAr… #climatefinance

At #COP29 @StephenMinas participated in a panel hosted by the Research Institute for Ecological Civilization, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, on “International Cooperation in New Energy Science & Technology Innovation” with speakers from Chinese & international institutions.

🌍✨At the @UN Climate Change Global Innovation Hub's Eighth Systemic Innovation Workshop in Shenzhen, Prof. @StephenMinas from Peking University School of Transnational Law delivered a powerful keynote, highlighting the importance of climate innovation and collaboration! 💡

📕“Climate progress in the EU and the world" is launched tonight in Librebook, Brussels, with the author @StephenMinas The latest in the primer series, the publication explains why climate change matters, the key issues in climate politics, and the international community’s climate goals.🌍 It covers EU climate law and policy and suggests progressive principles for strengthening climate change action. 💬"The climate transition must be socially just - it must champion policies that put social policies at the heart of climate action." Download the primer for free here: bit.ly/ClimateProgres…

At #COP29, @StephenMinas spoke with Sina Finance on the role of technology in achieving #netzero, the @UNFCCC_CTCN, multilateral negotiations, just transition, #climatelaw and the growing importance of climate change in university education: finance.sina.com.cn/esg/2024-11-19…