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5 October 2020![QF researcher: ‘COVID-19 has shown us how we can change - and protect our environment’](https://images.ctfassets.net/2h1qowfuxkq7/1DvtkPNrmA1qjwxUae3IO8/6d021e59d2c1237aa8abfb5d5d25cdd3/Hero_Image_-_2020-03-27T115803Z_2014672832_MT1PRA52963091_RTRMADP_3_PA-IMAGES_-_hero.jpg?w=750&h=313&fl=progressive&q=85&fm=jpg&fit=fill)
London’s skyline seen through a haze – but when COVID-19 struck, cities across the world saw a reduction in air pollution.
Image source: PA Images, via REUTERSDr. Rima J. Isaifan, Head of Journals and Academic Publishing at Hamad Bin Khalifa University Press, and a joint faculty at HBKU College of Science & Engineering was behind some of the first research into the environmental impact of the pandemic. Here, she explains her work – and her hope that lockdown has shown how productivity and preserving the planet are not mutually exclusive.