The phrase "action to avert a" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing measures taken to prevent a specific negative outcome or situation.
Example: "The government implemented an action to avert a potential economic crisis."
Alternatives: "measures to prevent a" or "steps to avoid a".
It stated that, "in the face of an absolutely unprecedented emergency, society has no choice but to take dramatic action to avert a collapse of civilization.
Neither man wants to be seen as grandstanding or obstructing what both seem to agree is much-needed action to avert a wider economic crisis.
As Mr. Boehner called for some action to avert a default, he said Thursday that he was confident that many in the conservative House majority would ultimately be willing to accept some compromise.
Given the new atmosphere created in America by the atrocities of September 11th, there has never been much doubt that Mr Bush could collect the support of Congress for action to avert a threat described in these terms.
Even so, he and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said the Obama administration was justified in taking military action to avert a massacre there that could have altered the course of the popular revolts roiling the Arab world.
Bank of England governor Mark Carney said in June policymakers would consider radical action to avert a recession and in August pushed through a cut in interest rates and a £40bn boost to quantitative easing (QE).
Florida's two Democratic senators said Wednesday that the Bush administration was resisting their appeals to take stronger action to avert an exodus of refugees from Haiti, who they fear could end up on the shores of their state.
Nevertheless Mr Woodhead put it on to a list of 265 schools requiring "special measures"<-> - a remedial action to avert closure which was part of New Labour's "naming and shaming" policy.
Prof David Knight, Prof Robert Whitmarsh, Dr Anton Page, Robin Speed, Claire Jones Science and Technology Advisory Panel, Winchester Action on Climate Change The UK's green economy has grown steadily even as the rest of the economy struggles, showing that action to avert dangerous climate change is not a luxury for the good times – it can help turn our economy around.
Taking action to avert what many fear could emerge as a crisis of monumental proportions is still possible – just.
The question now is whether it will become a historic news event, by galvanising real action to avert catastrophic climate change.
