As leaders from the eight richest and most polluting countries in the world gather this week in Italy, our ship, the Esperanza, is witnessing the direct impacts of climate change on Pacific Islands. People of this beautiful and culturally rich region are at the front line of climate impacts. They are the first to confront sea-level rise as it threatens their homes, contaminates soil and ruins their crops, while sea temperature rise threatens their food supply from the coral reefs and the sea. Although most of us think of climate change as an issue that our children will have to deal with, Pacific people are already experiencing the impacts today.