The phrase "addressing the causes" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing solutions or interventions aimed at the root problems of an issue.
Example: "The report focuses on addressing the causes of climate change to create effective policies."
Alternatives: "tackling the root issues" or "dealing with the underlying factors."
This expensive surgery would put even more strain on the NHS and provide further distraction from addressing the causes of obesity.
Addressing the causes of famine is not easy in this part of the world, which suffers a seemingly never-ending cycle of famines and near famines.
Addressing the causes of bad feelings may be impossibly expensive, but it should always be considered, as this is the preliminary step toward eliminating bad behavior.
Generation Y didn't go crazy in a vacuum, and treating the results without addressing the causes is a short-term solution at best.
The speech highlighted the divide at the conference between richer and poorer nations over who should take responsibility for addressing the causes of global warming.
The government must shelve its plans for Titan prisons and instead focus on addressing the causes of the growing prison population.
He predicted that the Hollywood approach would not go deep enough in addressing the causes of Middle Eastern anger at the United States.
While Newham and others can lobby politicians and champion the virtue of local control, the real challenge lies in addressing the causes for political resistance to true localism.
For most Americans, this implies not that child abusers should be treated with leniency, only that addressing the causes of abuse is needed to prevent it.
According to the press notice released yesterday, the speech is supposed to be about the Conservative plans for addressing the causes of poverty and inequality.
Equally, the role of religion in forming attitudes and behaviour can be profoundly important in addressing the causes and effects of poverty.
