[10] An intermediate RCCI is found for the remaining two north American regions (Western North America, WNA; Central North America, CNA), two African regions (Western Africa, WAF; Southern Africa, SAF), Southern Australia (SAU), and South Eastern Asia (SEA). Finally the lowest RCCI values are found over a number of tropical and sub-tropical regions (Eastern Asia, EAS; Southern Asia, SAS; Northern Australia (NAU); Eastern Africa, EAF; Equatorial Africa (EQF); Amazon Basin (AMZ); Central South America, CSA; Southern South America, SSA). Although the total RCCI for these regions is not high, Table 2 shows that some individual contributions to the index may be large (e.g., a precipitation increase over the EQF region). In terms of the measures analyzed here, the South American regions appear to be generally less responsive to global change than other regions. However, we note that for all regions the RCCI is greater than 0, that is at least one of the RCCI components shows a change greater than the lowest threshold considered.