The key word/response to changes in climate is ADAPT. Even if you believe humans can control the climate or not, it is going to change the next decades. Climate models regarding precipitation does not agree in what direction for which country though, nobody knows. Best guess is wetter where it rains, drier where it is dry for the most part. DR, much the same as in the past in my opinion.
DR is blessed with more than sufficient rain compared to other countries, and it will remain so in the foreseeable future.
But more dams might need to be built, and better water management might be needed.
The original message that started this thread, an opinion from a DR UN representative
Drought, in my opinion, has come to stay. The long periods of drought, unfortunately, are part of the consequences of climate change and we have to adapt,” Gallardo told reporters before participating in the XXIX Meeting of the Regional Committee on Agricultural Statistics and Food Security for Latin America and FAO Caribbean.
He said that it’s necessary to complement the actions currently being carried out by the Government with initiatives aimed at prevention and stressed the importance of defining, from cooperation, an “array of good practices to maintain good production even in conditions of drought.”
Todays article in elCaribe
We can rejoice. A couple of tropical waves and / or troughs have brought the long-awaited good rain. It is expected to continue raining, but already with the rains recorded this drought is alleviated and consequently acute lack of drinking water. The Santo Domingo Aqueduct and Sewer Corporation (CAASD) reported an increase in the amount of water in the Haina Manoguayabo, Isabela, Duey and Isa Mana systems, which feed the city. Sectors that have been without water for months would begin to receive it. That the improvement does not call us to relax. Just as we have to get used to warmer weather, we have to get used to more frequent and long droughts, courtesy of climate change. We must develop something we don't have: water saving culture.