The phrase "are of immediate concern" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing issues or matters that require urgent attention or action.
Example: "The recent increase in pollution levels and its impact on public health are of immediate concern to the community."
Alternatives: "are urgent matters" or "are pressing issues".
Below I will consider the concept of the causal field discussed in Mackie (1974) to help restrict our measurement of covariates to those that are of immediate concern to the causal question at hand.
Collapsing fisheries are of immediate concern, but land-based agriculture may also be in danger due to a predicted shortage of the crucial nutrient phosphorus by the year 2050.
Given the reality of tax reform (in the short-run) candidates benefit most from focusing on the issues that are of immediate concern to voters, such as the economy and jobs, and leaving more meaningful discussions of tax reform for the future.
Although the message of "global climate change" is catalyzing international action, it is local and regional changes that directly affect people and ecosystems and are of immediate concern to scientists, managers, and policy makers.
Although threatened species and their ranges are of immediate concern, site-scale conservation assessments should also point endemic faunas that remain free from human impact and may be subject to proactive conservation initiatives [16], especially in large areas such as most Amazonian river catchments or vast wetlands in the Paraguay basin.
Outbreaks of waterborne diseases and an increase in malaria cases are of immediate concern.
The prospect of airborne particulate matter floating away from Fukushima is of immediate concern to many of the millions of people who are watching Mr Edano's statements.
The report said that the evidence it received of trafficking decisions made by border officials being "unduly influenced by their role in immigration control" was of "immediate concern".
And Wall Street analysts say the legal wheels grind so slowly that none of the major battles are likely to be resolved soon enough to be of immediate concern to most investors.
