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This policy brief elaborates on the impact of the EU’s Constitutional Treaty on the preparation, formulation and adoption of the EU’s position in international climate change negotiations. The analysis focuses on how changes envisaged will affect the policymaking process and also examines whether shortcomings identified in the current situation will be addressed. The paper concludes that the long-term strategic perspective and coherence of the EU position in the climate change negotiations would benefit from a larger involvement of the foreign minister and European External Action Service envisaged in the Constitutional Treaty.