Abstract: In recent years, the intensifying global climate change and energy crisis have made the utilization of carbon dioxide a major research focus. Coupling green hydrogen, produced from renewable energy sources like solar and wind, with CO₂ in the presence of catalysts enables the synthesis of fuels and chemicals, offering a promising pathway for both hydrogen production and CO₂ utilization. Key C1 molecules, such as methane （CH₄）, methanol （CH₃OH）, and carbon monoxide （CO）, serve as essential carbon-based fuels and chemical feedstocks, playing critical roles in energy and chemical production. Metal-organic framework （MOF）-derived metal catalysts, obtained through high-temperature treatment of MOF materials, produce composite catalysts containing metal and metal oxide nanoparticles. These catalysts exhibit multiple active sites, large surface areas, tunable pore structures, excellent surface acid-base properties, and strong metal-support interactions, showing significant potential for CO₂ hydrogenation to C1 molecules. Various preparation methods for MOF-derived metal catalysts are reviewed, with emphasis on direct pyrolysis, sacrificial template, and solvothermal methods. Direct pyrolysis offers a simple and efficient route to produce metal and metal oxide catalysts from MOF precursors, suitable for large-scale production and cost-sensitive applications. Sacrificial template methods yield catalysts with specific shapes, sizes, and porous structures by degrading the template material, ideal for applications requiring precise structural control. The solvothermal method forms highly ordered networks of metal ions and organic ligands within a closed reaction vessel, with post-treatment yielding MOF derivatives; this approach is suitable for drug delivery, molecular separation, and fine chemical synthesis due to its milder conditions. The progress in CO₂ hydrogenation to CH₄, CH₃OH, and CO using MOF-derived metal catalysts is also discussed, highlighting the catalysts' advantages in controlling nanoparticle size and dispersion, enhancing metal-oxide interfacial active sites, and preventing aggregation, thereby improving catalytic performance and thermal stability. Although research on reaction pathways for CO₂ hydrogenation to CH₄, CH₃OH, and CO using these catalysts is still limited, their composite nature, combining metal and metal oxide nanoparticles, makes them suitable for exploring mechanisms at metal/oxide interfaces. Future research directions include developing novel MOF derivatives to enhance thermal catalytic activity and chemical stability during CO₂ hydrogenation, fine-tuning the active sites and nanoparticle dispersion to improve C1 molecule selectivity, and employing in-situ characterization techniques to monitor dynamic changes in MOF-derived catalysts, providing deeper insights into their catalytic mechanisms.