By Nivedita Balu TORONTO (Reuters) -TD Bank, Bank of Montreal and National Bank of Canada said on Friday they were withdrawing from the Net-Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA), joining the big six US banks in quitting the banking sector climate coalition.

TORONTO — Bank of Montreal has withdrawn from the UN-backed Net-Zero Banking Alliance that aims to accelerate climate action among financial institutions.

The Bank of Montreal has become the first Canadian bank to withdraw from the Net-Zero Banking Alliance, which aims to align lending, investment and capital markets activity with net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.

Bank of Montreal said on Friday it was withdrawing from the Net-Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA), making it the first Canadian lender to quit one of the world's top banking sector climate coalitions.

Bank of Montreal has withdrawn from the UN-backed Net-Zero Banking Alliance that aims to accelerate climate action among financial institutions. It becomes the first Canadian bank to pull out of the alliance, but follows on withdrawals by major U.S. banks ahead of the presidential inauguration of Donald Trump.