He spent much of April wading into the task of reducing the debt.
When faced with the daunting task of reducing our deficit, the temptation might have been to go slow elsewhere.
This time it is the U.N.E.P. that is undertaking the laudable task of reducing the human health impact of mercury.
The task of reducing the toll of malaria in sub-Saharan Africa, which has 90% of cases and 92% of deaths, is hard and needs more resources.
As for employment, the global economic crisis had a huge impact on labour markets, making the task of reducing the number of low-quality jobs even more difficult.
Obviously, at its most basic, a growing population is going to make the task of reducing our carbon pollution levels harder.
When the immediate crisis is past, however, we must turn to the difficult task of reducing the chances of a replay.
"By increasing spending through expensive and poorly targeted tax cuts, the chancellor has created a Herculean task of reducing borrowing by £32bn in a pre-election year.
Prime Minister Gordon Brown, lagging behind the opposition Conservative Party in opinion polls, is leaving the challenging task of reducing the deficit to the next government.
Mr Prodi managed the difficult task of reducing Italy's chronic budget deficits, which enabled Italy to enter the European Union's single currency in 1998.
Mr Moody-Stuart thinks the Kyoto pact is crucial because it forces businesses to "put their best and sharpest minds on the task" of reducing carbon emissions.
