Britain is encouraging world leaders to attend the UN climate deal meeting in Copenhagen in December to ensure its success. Australian and Indian representatives have also discussed ways to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown emphasized the need for leaders to be directly involved in negotiations, as progress has been slow. He stated that he will attend the Copenhagen meeting and urged others to do the same. Negotiations are currently stalled between industrialized and developing countries regarding how to divide emissions reductions, particularly from the burning of fossil fuels. There is only one week of formal talks left before the Copenhagen meeting in Barcelona in early November. The UN talks that began in Bali in 2007 are struggling to determine the amount of carbon cuts wealthy countries affected by the recession should make by 2020, as well as how much they should contribute to help developing countries combat global warming. In a show of action on Monday, Australian Climate Minister Penny Wong announced plans to reintroduce carbon trading legislation to parliament on Thursday and push for a vote on the controversial laws before the end of November. The conservative opposition is calling for changes to the scheme to avoid a second defeat in the upper house, which could prompt Prime Minister Kevin Rudd to call a snap election. The government, which is leading in opinion polls and stands to gain from an election, plans to implement carbon trading starting in July 2011. This initiative will establish a price on greenhouse gas emissions, helping to reduce emissions in one of the world's highest per capita polluters. The Australian program will apply to 75 percent of emissions from 1,000 major companies and will be the second trading platform outside of Europe. Companies will be required to obtain a permit for each tonne of carbon they release. In India, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh is urging New Delhi to accept restrictions on the country's increasing carbon emissions, moving away from the demand for financial and technological support from wealthy nations. Ramesh emphasized the need for a practical and cooperative approach, rather than a confrontational one, as reported by The Times of India. In an interview with Reuters on Friday, Ramesh indicated a readiness to make concessions in order to secure a deal. India, China, and other large developing nations are concerned about the potential impacts of climate change and believe it is in their national interest to mitigate the effects of extreme weather events such as droughts, floods, rising sea levels, and melting glaciers. The London talks of the Major Economies Forum are focused on how to transform various national policy proposals into a comprehensive agreement, with countries in attendance responsible for 80 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions. Asad Rehman, a Climate Campaigner for Friends of the Earth, emphasized the need for wealthy countries in the Major Economies Forum to provide additional financial resources. Copenhagen faces a major obstacle with the United States, the only developed nation not part of the Kyoto Protocol, unlikely to enact carbon-cutting legislation before December. In Cape Town, South Africa highlighted a significant increase in emissions due to the upcoming soccer World Cup in 2010, with emissions expected to be almost ten times higher than in 2006. This is partly due to the inclusion of air travel in the calculations. Minister Buyelwa Sonjica stated that the FIFA 2010 World Cup is projected to have the largest carbon footprint of any major event, despite efforts to make it carbon neutral.