The phrase "a path to reduce" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing strategies or methods aimed at decreasing something, such as costs, emissions, or risks.
Example: "The company is exploring a path to reduce its carbon footprint by implementing more sustainable practices."
Alternatives: "a way to decrease" or "a method to lower".
But the BBC is "on a path" to reduce the number of managers.
At the height of the troop surge in 2007, almost 165,000 American troops were assigned here, but the United States is on a path to reduce the total to 50,000 by the end of August.
The research firm said the Adelphia auction "provides a path to reduce Comcast's 21% stake in Time Warner Cable, by swapping its stake for Adelphia systems".
Since 1956, Japan has been on a path to reduce its dependence on foreign energy sources through the development of nuclear power.
Its economy, which is one of the strongest in Europe, is on a path to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 80percentt by 2050, mainly through turning to renewable energy and energy efficiency.
Corn ethanol was initially lauded as a path to reduce emissions from transportation, but has since proven to be a path to hunger, biodiversity loss, increased greenhouse gas emissions, water eutrophication and more.
A.B. 32 was designed to put California on a path to reducing greenhouse gases in its air to 1990 levels by 2020.
It will call for deep spending cuts again in 2012, chart a path to reducing the deficit and slowing the growth of the accumulating national debt, and grapple with the politically volatile issue of reining in the cost of entitlement programs, starting with Medicaid, which provides health coverage for the poor.
And China shows signs of being on a path to reducing its air pollution and related carbon emissions.
Rational people don't call for people to live in the dark -- but do call on people to use CFLs, as much as possible, as a path to reducing electrical demand.
Conceived more broadly, prevention can be understood as a path to reducing potential injuries to body and soul and, simultaneously, to encouraging positive interactions and contexts.
