Former Australian chief scientist to head review of carbon credit scheme after whistleblower revelations

Climate change minister to announce Prof Ian Chubb will lead six-month probe of scheme labelled largely a sham' by one expert

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The former Australian chief scientist and senior academic, Prof Ian Chubb, has been appointed to head a thorough review of Australia's carbon credit scheme as experts escalate calls for a complete overhaul of the system.

Chris Bowen, the climate change minister, announced on Friday that Chubb, a neuroscientist and former vice-chancellor of the Australian National University, would lead the six-month review of the scheme, after a respected whistleblower described it as a fraud and waste of taxpayer money.

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