The U.S. Federal Reserve announced on Friday it had withdrawn from a global body of central banks and regulators devoted to exploring ways to police climate risk in the financial system.

The Federal Reserve said Friday that it is leaving an international grouping of central banks that focused on how regulation of the financial system could help combat climate change. The Fed's membership has been criticized by Republicans in Congress.

Federal Reserve Bank officials said the decision to leave the network came after the group’s work had “increasingly broadened in scope.”

The Federal Reserve announced that it has withdrawn from the Network of Central Banks and Supervisors for Greening the Financial System, which incorporated climate risk into financial rules.

The Federal Reserve is withdrawing from an environmental group for global central bankers. The Fed joined the group, the Network of Central Banks and Supervisors for Greening the Financial System, in

The Federal Reserve said on Friday that it will quit a group dedicated to addressing the risk climate change poses to the global financial system. Why it matters: The Fed's exit from the coalition suggests a huge pivot underway relative to years past.