. >> it seems as if chewang norphel has won the struggle against climate change -- at least here in his village, leh, in one of india's most arid regions. norphel is a 75-year-old civil engineer who's trying to outwit nature. >> people are very worried about a future with less water. farmers fear they might have to move away someday. >> low-lying glaciers used to supply the area with sufficient meltwater. but global warming means the glaciers scarcely exist anymore. water from high in the himalayas doesn't reach the villages in the foothills until summer. norphel wanted to live in peace with nature but be less dependent on it. so he built an artificial glacier. >> there's the diversion channel where the water enters the artificial glacier. only a very small amount of water at a time comes in, so it freezes instantly. the ice-retaining walls are only made of dry masonry. when the glacier melts, the water seeps out slowly, so there's no damage to the structure. >> norphel's glacier is as large as a football pitch. in late autumn, when there's a great deal of meltwater from the mountains,