I. Introduction (2 pages)
A. Physical Nature of the problem that CERCLA is addressing
• Biological, ecological, geographic or physical aspect of the problem.
• It should apply to the area, resource and/or the environment that your policy is going to address. For instance, if you are analyzing climate change policy of country Utopia, you should discuss the role of Utopia in global climate change, what it’s contribution to climate change is, rather than presenting the world-wide climate change problem and its impacts, etc.
• Need to provide quantitative facts not general statements about resource degradation, nature of resource use overtime, etc.
• DO NOT BRING THE POLICY ASPECT IN THIS SECTION YET.
B. Social/human dimensions of the problem or resources to be analyzed
• Who is causing the problem?
• Who is being affected due to resource degradation or change in the resource management?
• Don’t get into too much of a historical discussion.
• DO NOT BRING THE POLICY HERE YET.
C. Briefly introduce the Policy, which you will be analyzing later in the paper:
• Give a brief description (2-3 paragraphs) of the specific policy you will analyzing (when, how, who made the existing policy, etc.). AVOID RECOMMENDING WHAT IS A GOOD POLICY, WHAT ONE SHOULD HAVE DONE, ETC. AT THIS POINT. Because, you have not analyzed the policy yet to judge how good that policy has been.
• End the introduction section with one or two paragraphs on (a) objective of YOUR paper, i.e., analyzing the effectiveness of the policy/ies in the above bullet; (b) how you are going to analyze—some specific indicators, criteria or aspects you will be analyzing; (c) sources of your analysis; (d) (optional) how the rest of the paper is organized.

II. Socio-Political Aspects of the Problem (3 pages)
Give a more detailed discussion of the socio-political aspects that you introduced in (I-B) above. Who causes the problem; who is affected; connections to local, state, national and global levels as necessary; who are the stakeholders in this problem?. How do stakeholders interact among themselves and with various components of the resources? A clear identification of stakeholders here will allow you to carry out a critical analysis of the policy later in the paper.

III. The Policy and Institutional Response to the Problem (3 pages)
How has the society addressed the problem? Identify, for example, governmental, private and non-governmental efforts as well as relevant regulations. How did/do various stakeholders participate in the policy formulation and implementation? Try to identify the quantifiable or qualitative goals and objectives of the policies or programs as articulated in the original legislation or Acts. Describe clearly various components of those programs [policy instruments (standards, permits, taxes, quotas, seasons, etc.), monitoring, enforcement mechanism, public participation, etc.].

VI. Critical Analysis of the Policy (3 pages)
Analyze the programs you identified in the introduction and detailed in the previous section. How effective have they been? Look at the controversies surrounding programs, policy impacts on the environment; impacts on specific stakeholder groups; environmental justice; impacts on future generations; and, economic cost-effectiveness. Here, you should try to base your analysis on literature, published data and your own analysis of the literature and data. Use both qualitative and quantitative methods/indicators explained earlier in this Paper Guidelines. Be critical in your analysis in this part.