The phrase "a target of reducing" is not correct in standard written English.
It may be intended to express a goal or objective related to reduction, but the phrasing is awkward and unclear.
Example: "The organization has set a target of reducing waste by 50% over the next five years."
Alternatives: "a goal of reducing" or "an objective of reducing".
The federal government has a target of reducing emissions by 5% by 2020, on 2000 levels.
They have a target of reducing emissions from new cars to around 100g/km by 2022.
In 2005, the EU set a target of reducing CO2 emissions 20percentt below 1990 levels by 2020.
The MDGs set a target of reducing the deaths of children under five by two-thirds between 1990 and 2015.
It set a target of reducing carbon emissions by 20% below the 2005 level by 2020.
The United Nations Millennium Development Goals set a target of reducing child mortality by two-thirds between 1990 and 2015.
According to reports from sources in the meeting room, the bill calls for greenhouse gas curbs across multiple economic sectors, with a 2020 target of reducing emissions by 17percentt below 2005 levels and an 80percentt reduction by 2050.
The Abbott government has committed to a 2020 target of reducing Australia's greenhouse gas emissions by 5% against 2000 levels.
It suggests that the government should have a new target of reducing the impact of crime instead of simply reducing the overall volume of crime by a further 15%.
Instead the government is likely to set itself a new target of reducing child poverty in Britain by 2020 to the rates seen in Europe's best performing countries - Finland, Denmark and Sweden - where only about 6% of children live below the breadline.
A new target of reducing serious violent crime - the 19,000 cases of murder, grievous bodily harm and death by dangerous driving last year - is to be introduced based on police recorded crime and not the much criticised British Crime Survey.
