54 Global Recommendations on Nationality and Statelessness in the Context of Climate Change PART B 7. GLOBAL RECOMMENDATIONS | Recommendation 5 Global Recommendations on Nationality and Statelessness in the Context of Climate Change PART B 55 7. GLOBAL RECOMMENDATIONS | Recommendation 5 Assess relevant legal and policy frameworks to identify where potential risks of loss of nationality and statelessness may arise to prevent loss of nationality and statelessness in the context of climate change (also relevant to Recommendation 9 under Prevent). This Recommendation is relevant for contexts in which there are: —  Nationals (at risk of losing their nationality and becoming stateless) in their country of nationality; —  Nationals (at risk of losing their nationality and becoming stateless) outside their country of nationality; Context: 7.25 Extreme weather events and slow onset events or environmental processes linked to climate change have the potential to cause loss of life, displacement, and destruction of documentation. In crisis situations, risks of loss of nationality and statelessness can arise where domestic laws and policies fail to provide safeguards against loss of nationality and statelessness.62 For example, the absence of safeguards in nationality laws to ensure nationality is granted to children who are abandoned and whose parents are unknown (for example, due to death) could lead to statelessness. Likewise, nationality laws that prevent mothers from conferring their nationality to their children may result in children being left stateless if fathers are not present to attest paternity (e.g. because they are missing or have died). 7.26 For individuals outside their country of nationality, statelessness can arise if, for example, they are subject to laws that permit nationals to lose their nationality if they reside in another country for an extended period, or due to legislation or complex processes that limit the ability of children born abroad to acquire the nationality of their parents or of the country of birth. When documents are lost or destroyed, for example in situations of disaster due to extreme weather events, unclear, complex or non-existent procedures for the replacement or renewal of civil registration, nationality or identity documents may also compound risks of statelessness.63 IV. Prevent IV. Prevent Recommendation 5