In 2006 India Foster of the University of Warwick created a Climate Action Network (CAN) in Coventry and, later, in other towns and cities.

This original network was very successful but its activity largely ceased when the project India was working on ended.

In 2019 UNA Coventry revived the Coventry Climate Action Network in response to the demands of students who were taking part in the Student Strike for Climate for a central group to coordinate the activities of others such as eco-teams in schools.

We created the website CovCAN.uk and began work on calling regular meetings.