The phrase "catastrophic implications" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the severe consequences or effects of a particular event or decision.
Example: "The new policy could have catastrophic implications for the environment if not carefully considered."
Alternatives: "disastrous consequences" or "devastating effects."
The fact that cotton is often grown to the exclusion of other crops could have catastrophic implications this winter.
Financial institutions have made huge gains by gambling on the prices of basic foodstuffs, with catastrophic implications for the world's poor.
And as the IEA's chief economist Fatih Birol put it: "Everybody, even the school children, knows that this will have catastrophic implications for all of us".
In particular, there would be "catastrophic implications" to a failure to raise the debt ceiling, said Clarence E. Anthony, the league's executive director.
Their impending disappearance has large, and possibly catastrophic, implications for the country's economy and for human life.Peru is home to the world's biggest expanse of tropical glaciers.
Britain – along with Greece – is now the most pessimistic among the advanced economic countries, a mood that has potentially catastrophic implications for a country's wellbeing and resilience.
"If the Unions in the coming weeks do not approve the competitions, through regulatory process," wrote Craig, "it will no doubt destroy European rugby and have catastrophic financial implications for Celtic and Italian rugby".
"If the Unions in the coming weeks do not approve the competitions, through regulatory process, it will no doubt destroy European rugby and have catastrophic financial implications for Celtic and Italian rugby".
Virtually every scientific forecast says that without swift action in the next few years to cut carbon emissions, this crisis will grow to be catastrophic, with implications for everything from agriculture to national security that dwarf our other problems.
In response to the government, Apple said "the catastrophic security implications of that threat only highlight the government's fundamental misunderstanding or reckless disregard of the technology at issue and the security risks implicated by its suggestion".
A higher MetS prevalence would translate into higher numbers with established diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, and events, leading to increased utilization of healthcare services, escalating health care costs, increased premature deaths, reduced productivity, and catastrophic economic implications [ 41].
