The phrase "avert the consequences" is both correct and usable in written English.
It is used to refer to an action taken to prevent or avoid some kind of undesirable or unwelcome result. For example: "The truck driver was able to avert the consequences of a potential accident by swerving sharply and bringing the vehicle to a stop."
The prospect of progress could avert the consequences of a failure, which could include a further downgrade of the United States government's credit rating.
We just need to restore tissue suppleness, replace cells that have stopped dividing and remove those that have grown toxic, avert the consequences of DNA mutations, and mop up the gunky by-products of all of the above.
Yet, in 20 years of meetings to avert the consequences of global warming and climate change, the United Nation's Conference of Parties (COP) has failed to meet the challenge.
35 In some developed countries, young people have unhindered access to modern contraception and this has helped to avert the consequences of unplanned pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections.
Solomon said she was hopeful the successful eradication of harmful CFCs would be followed by strong international action to avert the worst consequences of climate change.
The heart of the bill is a provision to reduce greenhouse gases by 20percentt from 2005 levels by 2020 and 83percentt by midcentury — cuts scientists say are necessary to avert the worst consequences of global warming.
Analysts say Bear Stearns was in effect given away at the urging of the Treasury and the Federal Reserve, which were anxious to avert the potential consequences of a major institution shutting overnight.
Mainstream scientists are virtually unanimous in stating that the one sure way to avert the worst consequences of climate change is to decarbonize the world economy by finding cleaner sources of energy while leaving more fossil fuels in the ground.
This is the bare minimum required to give the industrialized world a fighting chance of achieving an 80 percent reduction by midcentury, which most mainstream scientists think will be necessary to avert the worst consequences of global warming.
Mr. Mazer's lawyer, Gerald L. Shargel, said of the three defendants expected to plead guilty: "It has long been recognized that people may plead guilty to avert the draconian consequences of conviction.
It reinforces the notion that some parallel negotiating track will be necessary if the world is to have any hope of achieving the reductions scientists believe are necessary to avert the worst consequences of climate change.
