Serge Planton, a climatologist and member of the Météo et Climat association, explains the difference between the weather and the climate in this video (8’28).

He then highlights the diversity in the variables used to observe the climate, and then continues by showing how climate series are reconstructed over time. He finishes by presenting the average global temperature on the world surface over the last two thousand years.

Learning Objectives:
- Distinguish what is part of the weather and what is part of the climate
- Learn about the diversity of variables used to observe the climate
- Understand how climate series are created for a given region