Britain is encouraging world leaders to attend the UN climate deal meeting in Copenhagen in December to ensure its success. Australian and Indian representatives also discussed ways to reduce their greenhouse gases. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown emphasized the need for leaders to step in and break the negotiation deadlock, stating that he will personally attend the conference and urging others to do the same. Negotiations between industrialized and developing countries on how to distribute emissions reductions have stalled, with only one week of formal talks left before the Copenhagen summit. The UN talks that began in Bali in 2007 are particularly stuck on the issue of carbon cuts for rich countries and financial support for developing countries to combat global warming. Australian Climate Minister Penny Wong announced plans to reintroduce carbon trade legislation, with a vote expected before the end of November. The conservative opposition is calling for changes to the scheme to avoid a defeat that could prompt a snap election. The government, currently leading in opinion polls and potentially benefiting from an election, plans to implement carbon trading starting in July 2011. This initiative aims to put a price on greenhouse gas emissions and help reduce emissions in one of the world's highest per capita polluters. The Australian scheme will apply to 75 percent of Australian emissions from the largest 1,000 companies and will be the second domestic trading platform outside of Europe. Companies will be required to obtain a permit for each tonne of carbon they emit. According to an Indian newspaper, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh has expressed willingness for New Delhi to accept limitations on the country's increasing carbon emissions, without insisting on new finance and technology from wealthy nations. Ramesh was quoted by The Times of India as writing to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, urging a pragmatic and constructive approach rather than an argumentative and polemical one. In an interview with Reuters on Friday, Ramesh indicated a readiness to compromise in order to secure a deal. Countries like India, China, and other large developing nations are concerned about the potential impacts of climate change, such as severe droughts, floods, rising sea levels, and melting glaciers that supply major rivers. The focus of the London talks at the Major Economies Forum is on how to translate various national policy plans into a comprehensive agreement, with countries accounting for 80 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions in attendance. Asad Rehman, a Climate Campaigner for Friends of the Earth, emphasized the need for wealthy countries in the Major Economies Forum to provide additional funding. Copenhagen is facing a major challenge because the United States, the only developed country not part of the Kyoto Protocol, is unlikely to pass laws to reduce carbon emissions by December. In Cape Town, South Africa expressed concern about the significant increase in emissions expected during next year's soccer World Cup, mainly due to the addition of air travel to the calculations. The Water and Environmental Affairs Minister Buyelwa Sonjica stated that the FIFA 2010 World Cup is projected to have the highest carbon footprint of any large-scale event, despite efforts to make it carbon neutral.