2 Global Recommendations on Nationality and Statelessness in the Context of Climate Change Acknowledgements The Global Recommendations on Nationality and Statelessness in the Context of Climate Change have been developed in partnership between the UN Refugee Agency (‘UNHCR’) and the Peter McMullin Centre on Statelessness (‘PMCS’), in consultation with a wide range of experts and stakeholders. UNHCR is mandated by the UN General Assembly to identify and protect stateless persons and to prevent and reduce statelessness around the world.1 PMCS at the Melbourne Law School is the world’s only university-based centre focused on research, teaching and engagement activities aimed at reducing statelessness and protecting the rights of stateless people. PMCS and UNHCR would like to thank all those who contributed to the development of the Global Recommendations on Nationality and Statelessness in the Context of Climate Change. This includes the experts who participated in the preliminary online meetings in December 2024, affected communities that were directly consulted (persons of Haitian descent with undetermined nationality status in the Dominican Republic and members of the Sama Bajau community in the Philippines), government representatives of Pacific Island States (Permanent Missions in Geneva), members of the Steering Group of the Platform on Disaster Displacement, and all those who made written submissions following a period of public consultation on the published draft in November 2025. This includes submissions from the African Union Special Rapporteur on Refugees, Asylum Seekers, Internally Displaced Persons and Migrants in Africa, Selma Sassi-Safer; the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat; the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights; and the International Organisation for Migration, among others. PETER McMULLIN CENTRE ON STATELESSNESS Special thanks to government, academic, NGO and UN experts who participated in the two-day meeting on the Global Recommendations at the International Institute of Humanitarian Law in Italy in July 2025, whose contributions greatly enhanced the structure and content of the document. They include: Chiamaka Akpuogwu, John Augé, Guillaume Charron, Professor Patrícia Galvão Teles, Professor Walter Kälin, Professor Hélène Lambert, Brian Maltera, Radha Permanand, Dr Michel Rouleau-Dick, Professor Melissa Stewart, Mariam Traore Chazalnoel, Sanjula Weerasinghe, and Dr Tamara Wood. Professor Jane McAdam and Leah Ndimurwimo provided written comments ahead of the two-day meeting. The Global Recommendations were drafted by Associate Professor Radha Govil (PMCS), Anne Laakko (UNHCR), and Michelle Yonetani (UNHCR). Research, drafting, administrative support, and infographics were provided by Hannah Gordon (PMCS), Maaike Wienk (PMCS), Aashish Yadav (PMCS), JoJo Zheng (PMCS), Jana Birner (UNHCR), Monika Sandvik (UNHCR), Arsenii Slieba (UNHCR), and Cédric Vidonne (UNHCR). Original artwork and design by Jacinta Weyers from Picture Thinking. Printed by Sovereign Press on Forest Stewardship Council certified recycled paper. Development of the Global Recommendations was made possible with the generous support of the Robert Bosch Foundation.