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Can the Paris agreement protect poor farmers from climate change?

BARCELONA, Dec 14 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Purity Gachanga is one small-scale farmer who is beating climate change. On her several acres of land in Embu North district in central Kenya, she keeps cows and goats that produce milk, grows trees for fodder, and collects water to irrigate her food crops in a pond filled with tilapia fish.

US, allies conduct 16 strikes against Islamic State -U.S. military

WASHINGTON, Dec 14 (Reuters) - The United States and its allies conducted 16 strikes against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria on Sunday, according to the coalition leading the operations.

UPDATE 1-Canada's Encana cuts 2016 capex by more than a quarter

Dec 14 (Reuters) - Canadian oil and natural gas producer Encana Corp , responding to a sharp drop in oil prices, has cut its 2016 capital budget by more than a quarter to $1.5-$1.7 billion.

Polish management reshuffles heighten policy uncertainty

WARSAW, Dec 14 (Reuters) - Poland's ruling conservatives have ousted several top executives of state-owned companies since taking power after an October election, in what investors worry marks the start of a campaign to seize more control over the economy.

UPDATE 2-Arcadis says cooperating with police in Brazilian fraud probe

* Brazilian police visited offices as part of corruption probe

Indonesia minister distances govt from Freeport extortion allegation

JAKARTA, Dec 14 (Reuters) - A senior Indonesian minister on Monday sought to distance the administration from parliament speaker Setya Novanto, who is fighting allegations that he tried to extort shares worth $1.8 billion in the local unit of Freeport McMoRan Inc.

UPDATE 1-Trina Solar receives proposal to be taken private

Dec 14 (Reuters) - Chinese solar panel maker Trina Solar Ltd said it received a go-private proposal from a group comprising its chief executive and Shanghai Xingsheng Equity Investment & Management Co, valuing the company at more than $980 million.

Trafigura sees copper market in surplus by end-2016

LONDON, Dec 14 (Reuters) - Commodity trading group Trafigura expects the copper market to be in balance during most of 2016 before a surplus emerges at the end of the year, it said on Monday.

Renewable energy stocks rally after Paris climate deal

LONDON/COPENHAGEN, Dec 14 (Reuters) - European renewable energy stocks rallied on Monday following an agreement over the weekend at the Paris global climate summit to find ways to stop global warming.

UPDATE 1-Poland considering gas link with Lithuania - Deputy PM

WARSAW, Dec 14 (Reuters) - Poland is considering creating a gas link with Lithuania to improve the energy security of both countries, Polish Deputy Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said on Monday.

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