ABSTRACT
It is factually correct to say that, today, there are many states, among which there are a few large states. And yet small players are made to think and believe that they are anomalies, quirks in the international system, when actually they are the norm and it is the larger countries that are the outliers. Since 1945, small states have proliferated, they have gained membership on important UN committees, they have laid down new issues squarely on international agendas and they have shaped global discourse and urgency around climate action and climate justice. This uncompromising contemporary assessment does not correspond to a scenario where small states are struggling to survive in and resist a system designed and driven by and for other (larger, stronger) states.
