CO and H, are photogenerated simultaneously by visible-light irradiation of systems containing a photosensitizer, the [R~(bpy)~],+ complex, C o ( f f ) species as homogeneous catalysts, which mediate COz and H,O reduction by intermediate formation of Co(l), a tertiary amine as electron donor, which provides the electrons for the reduction, and an organic solvent which also facilitates dissolution of CO,. The efficiency of (CO + H,) gas production and the selectivity CO/H, markedly depend upon the composition of the medium, the nature of the tertiary amine, the solvent, and the ligand of the Co ions. 2,9-Dimethyl-l, 10-phenanthroline is particularly effective in promoting CO and H, formation, giving a quantum yield of 7.7% in (CO + H2) (1.2% for CO and 6.5% for H,). The process consists of two catalytic cycles: a photocatalytic cycle for the Ru complex and a double dark reaction pathway for the Co species; oxidative and/or reductive quenching of the excited state of the photosensitizer lead to the formation of Co (1) Over the last years, we have described three homogeneous catalytic systems which perform photochemical CO, reduction [7]: the first allows the simultaneous reduction of CO, and H,O into CO and H,, respectively, based on [Ru(bpy),]CI, (bpy = 2,2'-bipyridine) as photosensitizer and Co(1l) ions or Co(1I) complexes as catalyst [8], the second is highly efficient and selective for the reduction of CO, into CO and based on a single complex,fuc-[Re(bpy)(CO),]X (X = C1, Br) acting both as photosensitizer and as catalyst [9], and the third, based on Ru complexes, performs the photochemical reduction of CO, to formate [lo]. In our initial reports [8] [9], we described the simultaneous photo-