The phrase "and increases the imperative" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where you are discussing the enhancement or amplification of a sense of urgency or necessity in a particular situation.
Example: "The new policy not only clarifies expectations but also increases the imperative for timely communication among team members."
Alternatives: "and heightens the urgency" or "and amplifies the necessity".
The emerging importance of noncommunicable diseases and injuries (NCDIs) in the developing world increases the imperative for prevention and health promotion.
"The Paris agreement increases the imperative for oil and gas companies to urgently change their portfolios to reflect the shift to a lower-carbon mix.
This belief increases the imperative to understand and overcome MTB-specific mechanisms facilitating its dormancy.
Rather than permitting the likes of George Osborne to drill with impunity, it only increases the imperative to lead from the front.
The pace and breadth of change has also increased the imperative to make access to new clinically relevant information open and immediately accessible to everyone.
Finally, the entire planet is confronting climate change, which has increased the imperative to develop adaptation and mitigation strategies.
This comprehensive overview of the scientific evidence was credited with providing the wake-up call that greatly increased the imperative to act.
But throughout the Capitol, their fellow Republicans arrived at the same paradoxical conclusion: that today's rulings, while perhaps reducing the political necessity of a potentially explosive special session, also increased the legal imperative for convening the Republican-dominated body.
These findings have important implications not just for Mexico but also a number of other countries across Latin America that have both low levels of extraction and increased public spending imperatives.
The dilemma will only increase as the imperative of countering climate change with major developments runs up against the damage to the natural world which such large-scale schemes may cause.
