Arctic regions are warming significantly faster than other parts of the globe, leading to changes in snow, ice and weather conditions, ecosystems and local cultures. These changes have brought worry and concern and triggered feelings of loss among Arctic Indigenous Peoples and local communities. Recently, research has started to address emotional and social dimensions of climate change, framed through the concept of ecological grief. In this study, we examine sociocultural impacts of climate change and expressions of ecological grief among members of reindeer herding communities in the Sámi Homeland in Finland. Results indicate that ecological grief is felt in connection to major environmental concerns in the area: changes in winter weather and extreme weather events, Atlantic salmon decline and land use changes, which all have cultural and social consequences. Our results indicate that ecological grief is strongly associated with ecological losses, but also with political decisions regarding natural resource governance.

北极地区的变暖速度明显快于全球其他地区，导致雪、冰和天气条件、生态系统和当地文化的变化。这些变化给北极原住民和当地社区带来了担忧和失落，并引发了失落感。最近，研究开始通过生态悲伤的概念来解决气候变化的情感和社会层面。在这项研究中，我们研究了气候变化的社会文化影响以及芬兰萨米人故乡驯鹿放牧社区成员的生态悲伤表达。结果表明，该地区的主要环境问题引起了生态悲伤：冬季天气和极端天气事件的变化、大西洋鲑鱼的减少和土地利用的变化，这些都会产生文化和社会后果。我们的研究结果表明，生态悲伤与生态损失密切相关，但也与自然资源治理的政治决策密切相关。