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Open letterVoxEU.org, 16 January 2011 http://www.voxeu.org/index.php?q=node/6019In October 2010, a group of leading thinkers on  environmental policy met at the Sustainable Consumption Institute at the  University of Manchester for a conference in honour of Nobel Laureate  Tom Schelling. This column presents a 10-point guideline for climate  change policy co-authored by 25 attendees that focuses on designing  policies that are credible, easily monitored, and easily enforced. Late last year, a group  of leading thinkers on environmental policy met at the Sustainable  Consumption Institute at the University of Manchester for a conference  in honour of Nobel economics Laureate Tom Schelling. At  the event we formulated guidance for policymakers which draws on work  that Schelling (perhaps best known for his pioneering efforts on nuclear  deterrence) has done on climate change. The analysis here relies on his  concept of identifying “focal points” on which agreements can be based,  and his emphasis on designing policies that are credible as well as  easily monitored and enforced...