The phrase "a topic that needs" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing subjects that require attention, discussion, or action.
Example: "Climate change is a topic that needs urgent attention from policymakers and the public."
Alternatives: "a subject that requires" or "an issue that demands".
Enhancement is a topic that needs more discussion and public engagement to assess societal attitudes.
"People have now realized that this is a topic that needs to be paid greater attention in Israel".
Bad Moms is to uncircumcised penises as The Third Man is to cuckoo clocks, and maybe this is a topic that needs more open and frank discussion.
Urban food systems have increasingly been recognised as a topic that needs to be better understood, in order to address issues of urban food security and urban poverty.
On the topic of benefits, Mr Hague claimed that welfare spending for ran out of control under the last government, and welfare is a topic that needs to be tackled.
Operationalizing privacy will take time, significant investment (a topic that needs to be afforded more attention), and a change in mindset that will impact organizational policy, process, and culture.
When you find your voice and speak up about a topic that needed airtime, pat yourself on the back.
Executive producer Warren Leight told TV Guide that this was a topic that needed to be talked about.
Also, converting mathematical constructs into OWL/RDF is a complex exercise, a research topic that needs to be addressed separately.
With a significant increase in human activities dealing with space missions, potential teratogenic effects on the mammalian reproductive system from prenatal exposure to space radiation have become a hot topic that needs to be addressed.
The wage increases and labor productivity is a common topic that needs to be discussed for cost-competitiveness of industries and countries.
