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CEDA – Comprehensive Environmental Data Archive
Summary
Name of sourceCEDA (“Comprehensive Environmental Data Archive”) 
ProviderWatershed Technology Inc. 
Summary textCEDA is an environmental Multi Region Input Output (MRIO) model designed to assist various environmental systems analyses, including life cycle assessments (LCA), carbon footprints, and sustainable spend analyses. CEDA offers 60,000 emissions factors that cover 400 industrial sectors and 148 countries.  
ContactPlease reach out to Watershed for more information. Request a demo through the website: https://watershed.com/demo or directly reach out to sales:  contact-sales@watershedclimate.com 
Licensing feeBy arrangement 
Language(s)English 
Websitehttps://watershed.com/platform/measure/ceda 
Access – data formats and accessibility
File typeExcel (.xlsx), SQL, web-based tool 
Software needsMicrosoft Excel 2007 or higher 
Contents – breadth and depth of datasets
AgeFirst developed in the year 2000 and updated annually since. The current version of CEDA was released in 2023 with the base year of 2018. 
GeographyGlobal. The CEDA database incorporates location-specific factors on the country level covering 148 global regions and countries plus 1 rest of world (RoW) region at 400 product resolution per region/country. 
Original Data Source(s)U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. National Emission Inventory, U.S. National Agricultural Statistics Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S. National Center for Food and Agricultural Policy, U.S. Toxic Releases Inventory, U.S. Geological Survey, Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations, U.S. Energy Information Administration, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, the United Nations Statistical Division (Comtrade dataset) 
Other Databases Includedn/a 
Life cycle stagesCradle-to-Gate 
Modeling approachAttributional 
Emissions results

The emission factors from the database are available in units of kg CO2e/$ or any other currency for 400 industry sectors and 148 countries. CEDA also provides a breakdown of GHG emissions by Scope (% of Scopes 1,2 and 3) and by type of greenhouse gas: carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), perfluorocarbons (PCFs), sulphur hexafluoride (SF6) and nitrogen trifluoride (NF3).

CEDA provides 2700+ environmental flows, most of which have been characterized by impact assessment methods such as TRACI and IMPACT+ into GWP, acidification, human health criteria, eutrophication, ozone depletion, eco-toxicity, smog, etc.

 
Number of datasetsVaries 
Main topicsProducts and services, Energy carriers and technologies, Materials production, Systems, Transport services, Other Services, Wastes 
Other topics  
Data transparency – what metadata is provided for each dataset?
System boundariesYes 
Data TypesInput-Output 
Allocation MethodsYes (economic allocation and system expansion) 
TechnologyYes 
Data yearYes 
Original sourceYes 
UncertaintyYes (geometric standard deviation) 
Quality – is information provided on data quality?
Data quality scoreYes 
Quality assuranceYes 
Standards compliantMultiple versions are available for standards compliance (i.e. machinery removed for PAS2050)