Greta Thunberg first gained prominence all the way back in late 2018, when many students mirrored her school strikes with strikes of their own, in countries like Canada, Belgium, Japan and the United Kingdom.
Before we knew it, throughout 2019, Greta was everywhere. From a shared Vogue cover to the Ellen Show to Time's Person of the Year, to almost every news channel you could think of, and to even getting a shout out from the then - President of the United States, Donald Trump, via Twitter, everyone knew her. She made climate change searches quadruple in 2019, made political figures blush with her sharp telling off of them at the UN, and was on the tip of everyone's tongues.
Then suddenly COVID hit and lockdowns began and Greta and climate change faded away, with the focal point of dicussion being COVID for the vast majority of people. People could keep up with her on her social media channels, but news about Greta went very quiet in 2020.
But then, now in 2021, we slowly came out of lockdown and the Cop26 Climate Change Summit was held, with many world leaders once again, and in turn Greta' s prominence rose once more, through her critiquing the hypocricy of the leaders. The Cop26 is a big event, and Greta is a big figure, so once again, she made headlines. Promises world leaders made are being watched to see if they'll be fulfilled by everyone, so we'll be seeing Greta even more with her opinions on them and there's just one thing to say.
Welcome back, Greta. We've missed you.
