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Is anyone familiar with the methodology used by Climate Analytics to create this projection? I find it really hard to believe that there is a 70% chance that in 2024 the world will peak in GHG emissions when at the same time CO2 measurements show a clear straight line:

https://gml.noaa.gov/ccgg/trends/

NOAA Research doesn't seem very positive either: https://research.noaa.gov/2024/04/05/no-sign-of-greenhouse-g...

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Our current levels lead to accumulation. So if we release identical amounts every year from here on out, we will continue increasing amount of co2 in atmosphere.

Sorry the use of "peak" in the article and my comment implies a reduction right after (not a plateau):

> “We find there is a 70% chance that emissions start falling in 2024 if current clean technology growth trends continue and some progress is made to cut non-CO2 emissions,” authors wrote. “This would make 2023 the year of peak emissions.”

Yes, a reduction in yearly emissions. But that doesn't mean that the CO2 in the atmosphere suddenly disappears. We're still adding to it, just not as much as before (hopefully).

But that's the thing: if we are not adding as much as before then we should observe NOAAs chart curving, instead it still looks like a straight line (of course, it could also be that this reduction is so small that is not visible on the chart)

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