Fuente: WIPO "tomato" A method of making a formate salt, comprising:reacting carbon dioxide and a hydrogen source at a temperature greater than room temperature and at a pressure greater than or equal to ambient or atmospheric pressure to make formic acid; thenreacting the formic acid with an alkali metal, alkaline earth metal, or ammonia source to produce the formate salt.A method of generating a carbon credit, comprising: ta method, wherein at least 1000 kg of the carbon dioxide is in the formate salt; and verifying that the formate salt includes the at least 1000 kg of the carbon dioxide to generate the carbon credit.