An increase in frequency of occurrence of extreme climate and weather events has ostensibly been observed across the Northern Hemisphere midlatitude continents, including adverse cold spells, severe heat waves, destructive floods, and persistent droughts. It is accordingly proposed that the Arctic changes and the midlatitude climate and weather would be linked. However, inconsistences and even controversies emerged among different studies, leading to strong debates and then challenging some of traditional atmospheric dynamics. Considering the importance of this topic in science and the potentially high impact of extreme events on the populated midlatitude regions, a series of workshops have been organized worldwide to try to better understand the problem. In particular, the US CLIVAR and the Aspen Climate Change Institute organized two international workshops this year to get together world’s leading scientists on the relevant topics. These workshops aim to synthesize the state of the knowledge, identify key questions and knowledge gaps, and recommend ways to move forward. This presentation will highlight central pieces of the workshops’ outcome and introduce the recommended efforts to converge the currently diversified research results.