Federal Reserve seeks to join network of central banks addressing climate change risks

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The Federal Reserve has applied to join a group of central banks focused on managing financial risks from climate change and boosting capital for clean energy.

The United States’s central bank requested to become a member of the Network for Greening the Financial System, and it could officially join by next spring, contingent on the network’s approval, said Federal Reserve Vice Chair for Supervision Randal Quarles during a Senate Banking Committee oversight hearing Tuesday.

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