| 1 | What is the average rainfall for August in your country? | |
| 2 | Much of the East and South now get more rain than a century ago. | |
| 3 | If climate change leads to a reduction in rainfall, then the two trends reinforce themselves. | |
| 4 | Developing countries have less rainfall, are more dependent on agriculture and face greater obstacles to adaptation, he said. | |
| 5 | But for many, the problem is not water scarcity per se, but the inability to manage rainfall variability. |