They worked together to ensure that the risks they face as a result of climate change and related sea level rise were taken into account in the Convention. This change posed political, logistical and strategic problems. The political problems involved the difference in approach between the Pacific and the Caribbean.
Pacific islands face markedly different situations than the islands in the Caribbean.
The difficulties in incorporating both sets of concerns, not to mention the concerns of islands in other regions, into a common position were not always easy to resolve. The logistical problems involved bringing experts from all of these often remote islands together. Pacific island representatives who do not have permanent missions in New York often felt left out during the many intersessional consultations.