Remarks by the Managing Director at COP27’s Finance Day Opening Ceremony Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt November 9, 2022 Ministers, colleagues, and friends. How many of us were in Glasgow for COP26? It was just a short year ago. The weather was gloomy, but the economic outlook was bright: in 2021, we were recovering from COVID, and we finished the year with 6.1 percent global GDP growth. And then the world changed with dramatic crisis, after crisis. As a result—today—while we have beautiful weather here in Sharm-el-Sheik,…