The sufficient and sustainable supply of energy remains one if not the most important challenge for our future. In this respect, the conversion of renewable energies to chemical energy vectors is crucial. Thus, in the coming years it will be vital to develop efficient processes to use the energy of light or wind to produce chemicals such as methane, methanol, ammonia, and others. Typically, these processes make use of green hydrogen produced by water electrolysis and carbon dioxide as an abundant hydrogen acceptor. Among the various hydrogenation products of carbon dioxide, formic acid offers interesting potentials for various uses. In the talk, different technological concepts for the use of formic acid derivatives as hydrogen storage materials will be discussed. Special focus will be given on the development of more active and selective catalysts for hydrogenation of carbon dioxide and dehydrogenation of formic acid, which constitute a key factor for achieving improved processes. Both homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysts will be presented here. In this context, also the phenomenon of cooperative catalysis will be addressed, specifically in the presence of non-noble metal-based catalysts.