It is not contradicting it actually. The article you refer to is doing a comparison between Q1 2024 and Q1 2025. it‘s very early estimation on a quarter. I am referring to full 2024 vs 2023. but certainly many articles estimates a possible reduction in 2025. this would be a great example for the world.

Here are some sources : climateanalytics.org/…/new-gas-and-oil-has-preven… aljazeera.com/…/chinas-missed-emissions-target-po… carbonbrief.org/analysis-global-co2-emissions-wil…