"National Action Plans need to be aligned with the 3 conventions by not addressing the problem in sectoral silos. We need to come out of global, national, provincial & institutional silos." Minister for Climate Change Senator Sherry Rehman at the Ministerial Interactive Discussion at Stockholm+50.

She further said, "90% of our plastics, the plastic bags, single-use plastic bottles, are ending up in our oceans. 90% of those microplastics are being consumed by the fish and marine life we eat. They end up back in your plate."