Jane Hupe is the Deputy Director for the Environment programme at the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), and serves as the Secretary of the ICAO Council's Committee on Aviation Environmental Protection (CAEP). Ms Hupe has a vital role in providing leadership for ICAO's efforts to define and promote policies and Standards for environmentally sustainable aviation, managing a portfolio that includes aircraft noise, local air quality, global climate, clean energy and sustainable aviation fuels, adaptation, circular economy and a global market-based measure for international aviation. She currently leads the Organisation's efforts on green innovation for mitigation and adaptation. Under her leadership, ICAO adopted the ICAO long-term aspirational goal of NET-ZERO aviation CO2 emissions by 2050 and is developing the implementation framework for its achievement. Together with global policy and standard setting, a vital component of this framework is capacity building and assistance.