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The third category of nation-states in the international system, in terms of the capacity and effectiveness, involves small powers. The only way they can be effective in international organizations and global governance is to act as a coordinated group (Karns and Mingst, 2004: 16). They need the support of a big power that has the capacity to steer international affairs. The V-20 group (Vulnerable-20 group) in the international climate change negotiations within the framework of the UN can be cited as an example.

This new alignment calls itself Vulnerable-20 because they are the most “vulnerable countries” to climate change. They are low-income or middleincome countries, their total population is about 700 million, their lands are mountainous or disadvantageous, their climates are arid, and their countries are affected by the rising sea levels. With the support from the European Union, as an organization that has believed in the necessity of a climate regime with normative, institutionalist and