Revelations that the Federal Government allocated $4 million in funding to climate contrarian Dr Bjorn Limborg for a "consensus centre" has sparked calls for Education Minister Christopher Pyne's resignation.

The government would cover roughly a third of the cost for an Australian iteration of Dr Lomborg's Copenhagen Consensus Centre at the University of Western Australia (UWA), confirmed Mr Pyne's office following an investigation by The Guardian Australia.

The National Tertiary Education Union has called for the resignation of Education Minister Christopher Pyne. Credit:Alex Ellinghausen

The news comes on the heels of the Danish economist's move to the UWA's school of business and his appointed as Prime Minister Tony Abbott's advisors on foreign aid.

Labor and environmental activists heavily criticised the appointment, questioning why someone who played down the effects of global warming should be advising on policy concerning developing countries in the Pacific that were exceptionally vulnerable to climate change.