Sentence examples for tough reduction from inspiring English sources

Cate Lamb, head of the water programme at CDP, an investor-led data transparency organisation, cites the example of a chemical company that sets tough reduction targets for its water use but says nothing about water quality or contamination.

As a result, the direct policy implication is that provinces with high CO2 intensity should be assigned tougher reduction targets to cut CO2 intensity at higher speeds, while the provinces with low carbon intensity should be allowed to reduce the CO2 intensity at a relatively lower speed.

The Russell group of leading universities complains that its members face some of the toughest reductions, and may be forced to lay people off.

"We will maintain a tough deficit reduction programme: there's no question about it.

The chancellor thought his tough deficit reduction plan would boost growth by generating more confidence in the private sector that the books were being balanced.

It also noted a return to central control of budgets from Westminster with funding decisions increasingly tied to tough cost reduction targets.

Osborne admitted that the darkening international economic outlook would have repercussions for the UK but insisted that he had no intention of amending his tough deficit reduction plans.

There was definitely a sense in the second half of 2010 that the public blamed Gordon Brown for the necessity of George Osborne's tough deficit reduction measures, and the Cameron government played its hand adeptly.

In its latest progress report on Portugal, the IMF confirmed that it has agreed Lisbon's tough deficit reduction goals should be loosened – by 1 percentage point in 2013, and 1.5 percentage points in 2014 – as the economy slows.

The UK government has created a digital game, My2050, which allows anyone to try their hand at meeting tough carbon reduction targets while finding enough energy to power our economy in the years ahead.

With rising prices, tough carbon reduction targets, efforts to secure energy supply and mounting political uncertainty ahead of the next election, energy has become a critical issue for government, businesses and civil society.