The phrase "addressing serious problems" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing the act of dealing with or tackling significant issues or challenges.
Example: "The committee is focused on addressing serious problems related to public health in our community."
Alternatives: "tackling major issues" or "dealing with critical challenges".
Deference to Industry The N.R.C.'s slowness in addressing serious problems is another concern.
It's one thing when the university is addressing serious problems, such as the unacceptable racial mocking at UC San Diego or the vandalism of a gay and lesbian student center at UC Davis.
Whether aimed at addressing serious problems before us, such as the T, energy and healthcare costs, or setting the stage for a prosperous future on jobs and early ed and care, our discussion today focused on issues we face together.
It is liberals who do the difficult work of formulating effective programs to address serious problems that the market economy and private gain do not resolve.
Prakash sees the Foldscope as his main contribution, so far, to frugal science, the endeavor to create low-cost, easy-to-use tools that address serious problems, primarily in the developing world.
The then health secretary Alan Johnson said there had been "a complete failure of management to address serious problems and monitor performance, [which] led to a totally unacceptable failure to treat emergency patients safely and with dignity".
Ericsson's stock collapsed as word got out that Sven-Christer Nilsson, promoted to chief executive in March 1998, was running into serious trouble implementing a far-reaching reorganization plan that he and Chairman Lars Ramqvist developed to address serious problems that the company faced.
The real result will be that we will fail, as a society, to make the truly make-or-break decisions that need to be made to address serious problems that threaten our stability and prosperity.
While a majority lack confidence in government's ability to get things done, they also recognize that effective government is needed to help address serious problems, like creating jobs, protecting consumers, limiting pollution, fostering affordable health care, developing new energy sources, making college education affordable, improving public schools, and even reducing poverty.
Not only does it block progress toward addressing serious environmental problems (global warming and the need for a sustainable energy policy, for example), but it drives much of the deep-seated polarization underlying the current paralysis in public discourse.
