Low-latitude cities representing the Wet Tropics face a unique challenge of high heat and humidity which alone or in combination impact thermal comfort, human adaptability, health, or environmental solutions. These challenges will likely increase under predicted future climate change scenarios and affect an increasingly larger population living in the fast-growing cities of this region. This session considers submissions on topics in the Wet Tropics based on observation, modelling or data-driven approaches, related to:

• How do risks associated with excessive heat and/or humidity affect the physical environment and human experiences during present-day conditions?
• How will these risks change under future conditions?
• How do we determine thermal thresholds?
• How can cities mitigate and adapt to excess heat and/or humidity (e.g. through urban greening) and what are the (co)benefits of doing so?