"stringent target" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is typically used to describe a specific goal or objective that is strict, exacting, or requires great effort to achieve. Example: "Our company has set a stringent target for reducing carbon emissions by 50% within the next year."
There have even been discussions to aim for an even more stringent target of 1.5˚C.
The Fund argued that the less stringent target would provide fiscal space and boost economic growth.
World leaders could either allow the 2°C target to become a benchmark that can be temporarily overshoot, accept a less stringent target, or give up on a global stabilisation objective altogether.
Indeed, those who deny the scientific evidence were ignored; instead, scientific arguments in favor of an even more stringent target of limiting global warming to 1.5°C above pre-industrial temperatures won the day.
The failure at Copenhagen also makes it less likely that Europe will adopt a more stringent target for cutting carbon emissions by 2020 than the 20 percent reduction that it has already pledged.
However, in an early sign that many poor countries favour a more stringent target, the Guardian has learned that on Monday the Philippine president Benigno Aquino and the heads of state of 42 other countries will sign a declaration urging the UN to adopt a more ambitious limit of 1.5C.
"We need more measures and stringent targets".
Industry leaders also warn that stringent targets for emissions reductions would hurt the frail economy.
Beijing's leaders have promised stringent targets for pollution control for the 2008 Olympic Games.
The tobacco tribe swung into action, arguing that stringent targets for smoking cessation amounted to a limit on freedom of choice and would hurt tobacco farmers and retailers.
Matthew Littleford, general manager of Global iPlayer, says that the international VOD service has "exceeded the stringent targets" BBC Worldwide set for subscriptions and downloads.
