52 Global Recommendations on Nationality and Statelessness 52 in the Context of Climate Change PART B 7. GLOBAL RECOMMENDATIONS | Recommendation 4 Global Recommendations on Nationality and Statelessness in the Context of Climate Change PART B 7. GLOBAL RECOMMENDATIONS | Recommendation 4 7.21 Recognising stateless persons residing on the territory as nationals also reduces the risk of statelessness extending to other States when populations migrate or become displaced in the context of climate change. 7.22 If persons who migrate or are displaced in the context of climate change are already stateless or rendered stateless due to gaps in nationality laws or their inability to prove their nationality, receiving States should facilitate their naturalisation and that of their family where applicable (see Recommendation 2).61 7.23 For more information on reducing statelessness, please refer to UNHCR’s Global Action Plan 2.0, Action 1: Resolve major situations of statelessness, and UNHCR’s Good Practices Paper — Action 1, Resolving major situations of statelessness. Implementation: 7.24 To implement Recommendation 4, States can: •Grant nationality through targeted nationality campaigns or nationality verification efforts to existing stateless populations residing on the territory of States. •Provide access to facilitated naturalisation for stateless persons who have migrated or been displaced across an international border in the context of climate change. •Ensure that statelessness determination procedures are linked to pathways to facilitated naturalisation and that derivative nationality is available for children, in keeping with the right of every child to a nationality, and the principles of best interests of the child and family unity. •Ensure that stateless persons who are granted nationality enjoy the full complement of human rights linked to the status of being a national. III. Reduce III. Reduce Recommendation 4 7.20 Where statelessness is protracted and intergenerational in nature, the compounding impacts of climate change have the potential to undermine development outcomes for affected communities and societies, which can in turn increase social tension and civil unrest. 53